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Dec. 15, 2006.
The pictures in this page were taken at 170th Street and Y Ave, Zenorsville, Iowa, USA with 15 seconds exposure at F/2 with 7.2mm lens (equivalent to 34mm lens on 35mm camera).
According to spaceweather.com "A coronal mass ejection hit Earth on Dec. 14th, sparking a severe geomagnetic storm and auroras seen as far south as Arizona. The source of the CME was an X3-class explosion from sunspot 930 on Dec. 13th."


00:56:50 CST A geminid is faintly visible at the lower right (very dim). If you cannot find it, try rolling your mouse over the picture.



00:58:29 CST Another geminid is faintly visible at the lower left corner (even dimmer). If you cannot find it, try rolling your mouse over the picture.




Below is an animation of 6 images taken over a few minutes.




The following are the individual files in the animation.


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