Half-sky auroras - 5.9.2016 at 23.51 Kuusamo Observation number 56732

Visibility IV / V

Vesa-Matti Kleemola

Again, just a cell phone included and a handheld with a short shutter speed. What is the probability that the fireball will still hit the northern lights? The sky was so full of fire that he didn't know where to look.

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Aurora brightness
- Bright auroras
Observed aurora forms
- Band
  
  Bands are usually narrower, more twisty at the bottom, brighter, and more active than arches. Bands usually develop from arches.
  
  Bands can form J and U shapes, sometimes even full spirals. The corona can also arise from bands. Bands are a fairly common form of aurora.
  
  Aurora band. Photo by Merja Ruotsalainen.
  
  Aurora band. Photo by Matias Takala.
  
  Aurora band. Photo by Lea Rahtu-Korpela.
  
  Aurora bands. Photo by Lauri Koivuluoma.
  
  Aurora band. Photo by Matias Takala.

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Half-sky auroras - 5.9.2016 at 23.51 Kuusamo Observation number 56732