These These pictures were all taken the night of July 26th-27th, 2004 in Duvall,
Washington.
Click on any of the pictures to see the larger Nikon D1x images.
The image above is a panoramic from six photos. The sodium-lamp orange you see is from the Monroe prison, and the clouds to the left are reflecting light from the town of Everett.
At 10:30, I noticed some light to the north, behind our house. | I drove out to the North end of town by 11:00, while the electric field was only at 157 Gigawatts. |
These swirls trace their path over a 10-second period. | Lots of green... |
A few hours later, things turned more to the blues and purples (which looked an "electric-white" to the naked eye) | And more rays! That bright spot on the lower-right is Venus. |