Aurora (Culloden) 23/09/06 - Eric Walker

Another picture of the fabulous aurora that took place on 23rd September 2006. Notice the two distinct green arcs and the bright 'searchlights' shining up through them. The subtle reddish patch to the right of the picture was not visible to the naked eye. The stars of Ursa Major are at top left and Auriga to the right hand side. Nikon Coolpix 5700 piggybacked on motor driven LX50, 20sec exp at ISO200, f2.8, wide angle teleconverter, processed with Photoshop CS. www.astrophotos.plus.com