Aurora Borealis, May 10/11, 2024

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… We had clear skies in Northeastern Ohio for this event. I made over 150 exposures on the evening of May 10 and the morning of May 11. Most were made with a Fujifilm X-T3 although I started with an iPhone 12 . As I prepare this post, the Kp index has dropped back to around 7, it is cloudy, and the last time I could get into the NOAA Space Weather website it showed only a moderate storm in progress. The forecast is for the Kp index to increase to 8 or 9 and Geomagnetic Storm levels of G4-G5 on May 12 so there might be an encore performance.
… I think this is called an auroral corona, the only photo in this post taken with an iPhone 12.
… this display was looking south from our location in Northeastern Ohio, a testament to the strength of this Geomagnetic Storm.
…my spouse spotted the International Space Station, the white streak above the tree, coming from behind me. I wasn’t quick enough to get a longer exposure than the 4 seconds I was using.
…still active the next morning (May 11) just before dawn, 5 AM

Every Place has a Story, cont’d

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…many people remember this place as Shorty Palmer’s farm. The Palmers haven’t been here for more than fifty years. I am told that one of the two houses on the property is an old log cabin and further, that the property it is on was first deeded to a man named Robert Enos. Mr. Enos was largely credited with the successful nomination of Abraham Lincoln at the 1860 Republican Convention . He likely lived in that cabin at some time. The cabin today has been sided over, added to and is still inhabited.

The remaining 351 acres of the “Old Palmer Farm” will be auctioned off this month…tomorrow’s stories are unfolding today.