-- Ana Licuanan (licuanan@world.std.com), April 18, 2000

Answers

Ana, I love the image. My question is, what is the source of light on the horizon. Is it the moon, a town ???

-- Pete (bowrod@hotmail.comm), April 18, 2000.

I don't actually know what the glow is. There was a very faint glow low on the horizon in all directions. I could barely make it out when I took the picture.

-- Ana Licuanan (licuanan@world.std.com), April 18, 2000.

that is a wonderful image- i am glad i got to look at it. do you remember how long the exposure was? greg

-- greg rothschild (gnr@toast.net), April 18, 2000.

This was 30 seconds, f/3.5 and 1000 speed film.

-- Ana Licuanan (licuanan@world.std.com), April 18, 2000.

Check out this site ( http://www.ptialaska.net/~hutch/aurora.html ) by Dick Hutchinson for lots of details about photographing Aurora. Hutch lives out at the end of a gravel highway in one of the few villages in Alaska that you can drive to. I always took Hutch for just an old sourdough for the many years I've dropped by his town each Spring when the Yukon River was about to break up. I was tipped off to his web site last Spring. It blew me away! Hope you can find something helpful there. You'll see the hand of man and the hand of God.

-- Michael Bird (chanupa@alaska.net), April 19, 2000.

Hi Nice aurora. The glow on the horizon could well be distant towns, light pollution travels a long way. There is a discussion going on aurora on the photo.net general Q&A page you may be interested in. You may like to try Fuji Super G+ 800 film, it will likely rcord as well as above but with finer grain.

-- Chris Ross (chrisx2@loxinfo.co.th), April 25, 2000.