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Stan Richard | profile | all galleries >> Aurora Borealis - Iowa & Wisconsin >> Aurora Borealis - Iowa - July 26, 2004 tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

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Aurora Borealis - Iowa - July 26, 2004

A brief substorm captured just after dusk which was caused by a coronal mass ejection from sunspot 10652 several days earlier. Planetary Kp Index levels reached a level of 9 during this geomagnetic storm. For a brief period, there were 2 green arcs - one directly overhead. Photos taken from Saylorville Lake north of Des Moines, Iowa.
Green Arc
Green Arc
Substorm peak I
Substorm peak I
Substorm peak II
Substorm peak II
Green Arc panorama
Green Arc panorama