Aurora Live

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Replay Collection

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…………………………………………………………………………………………… About These Movies • Aurora Replays are short, downloadable Quicktime .mov files showing the natural motion of auroras using time-lapse digital photography. Created by James Pugsley, President of Astronomy North, this footage is used to monitor geomagnetic activity in Earth’s upper atmosphere. These low resolution videos have been developed for educational purposes and are free to download. We ask that you do not modify these videos in any way. To play one of the following replays, just click on a photo.
…………………………………………………………………………………………… August Samples
		Saturday, August 29, 2009 Yellowknife, Northwest Territories 11:58 p.m. / 2:33 a.m. A colourful surge kicks off a full night of auroral activity near Yellowknife.
…………………………………………………………………………………………… September Samples
		Thursday, September 6, 2007 Yellowknife, Northwest Territories 10:34 p.m. / 12:14 a.m. A series of green auroral arcs and bands fill the sky, contrasted by clouds above the Ingraham Trail.
		Friday, September 7, 2007 Yellowknife, Northwest Territories 11:05 p.m. / 11:57 p.m. A textbook substorm sweeps across the skies in just a few short minutes, leaving a blanket of particles in its path.
…………………………………………………………………………………………… October Samples
		Tuesday, October 3, 2007 Yellowknife, Northwest Territories 7:34 p.m. / 8:53 p.m. An early substorm filled Yellowknife’s skies for over an hour. A surge from the East with North/South shift of the magnetic field line.
		Friday, October 13, 2006 Yellowknife, Northwest Territories 11:09 p.m. / 12:28 a.m. A distant view of the Diamond Capital of North America beneath an active auroral band.
…………………………………………………………………………………………… For more information • To request a high resolution copy of an Aurora Replay for educational purposes, e-mail your name, telephone number, organization and how the video will be used to info@astronomynorth.com.