"SKY SHOTS"
as seen
from
"How clearly the sky reveals God's glory!"
- (Psalm 19:1)
This page includes images taken from
portray Sky
Phenomena, including:
Northern Lights
Displays, Meteor Showers, Lightning Strikes,
Iridium Flares,
Comets, Rainbows and Sunsets.
I have finally finished the 10" Newtonian reflector
telescope which I
started in November of 2002. I am in the process of creating a webpage which will document the building of this
telescope. Follow this link to
the beginnings of that page.
This web page has been made possible through the generosity of
my employer, the Atlantic Veterinary College located in
All images on this page are copyrighted (©Garth Arsenault 2003).
For more information on my images contact me
Aurora borealis (Northern Lights)
The northern lights, also called the aurora
borealis, is electromagnetic radiation caused by electrons colliding
with molecules in the ionosphere. This spectrum of electromagnetic radiation
ranges from infrared to ultraviolet. The visible spectrum is dominated by white
and green light produced by excited oxygen molecules and pink light emitted
from nitrogen.
To learn more about
Northern lights click here.
The following dates are linked to a gallery of
images I
captured
during that auroral event.
Helpful links:
NASA's Space Weather Site 
Space
Weather Now
K-Index Plot
To
subscribe to space weather news and warnings
Auroral Activity Observation Network
Current Aurora Oval 
Lightning
The life of a storm chaser is a lonely one
here on
get very
few lightning storms that are of significant intensity or duration
to be
easily photographed.
Go to
this map
or this one
to check for current lightning activity for
all of
Iridium Flares
Motorola recently launched a network of about
seventy-five telecommunication satellites. These satellites have been given the
name Iridium, so the glare produced by their antennas'
reflection of sunlight as the satellites pass overhead are called
Iridium Flares.
These flares provide an interesting
opportunity for observing or photographing as the satellite pass predictions are usually very accurate.
Comet
Hale-Bopp & Ikeya-Zhang
1998 Leonid Meteor
Shower
Everytime the Earth passes
through an area of the solar system that has hosted a comet or asteroid within
recent history our atmosphere is bombarded with very small particles of dust or
rocks which have been shed from the object. As this material passes through our
atmosphere it burns up, resulting in a meteor. When the dust trail is dense
enough we experience what is called a "meteor shower". About two
dozen prominent meteor showers occur on Earth every year at regular times of
the year. The science of predicting exact times
of maximun shower intensity is getting more acurate every year.
Annual list of meteor
showers
Sunsets
Rainbows
I would appreciate receiving your comments on
this site.
by
Garth Arsenault
(updated on September 29, 2007)
