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Thursday, Oct. 30, 2003 - 8:56 p.m. Yeah, I fell for the big buildup. The folks at NASA convinced me that this was a once in a long time event, and that the AURORAS (AKA �Northern Lights� would be easily visible as far south as Texas. Since we live in freakin� North Dakota, that means we should be really getting a show about now. Except for�.. High-altitude clouds. You can see stars. You can see the moon. But unless the haze of washed-out red we saw tonight is �it�, the clouds are messing things up here again. It happened the last two hyped astrological events. One was a meteor shower that lasted for several days (rain a couple of the days, heavy clouds the rest) and the other a �once in a lifetime� comet a few years back (the prime days were all overcast). We even drove out into the boonies to get a mercury vapor light-free view. This made the stars much brighter where they shown through gaps in the clouds. Lease even saw a �falling star�. It happened right after we parked and got out of the Grand Am. I was in the trunk, setting up the digital to shoot a few shots. By the tiem I looked up, it was gone. At least she saw it� Note to self: If you want decent photos of ANYTHING after dark, leave the digital at home and load a roll of 400 speed into the old Rebel. There just isn�t any long-tiem exposure levels on the Fuji. I can only adjust up or down the light intake. I can�t set the camera for the equivalent of shutter speeds (let alone a �b� setting, for open lens) I know this already, but brought the digital anyway. That said, let me say this: if, while taking Jay-Dog out for his usual 1:30 am toilet run I notice a huge Northern Lights show, I will still be using the digital. Why? Because my lithium batteries are dead in the Rebel. That shows you how long it�s been since I used it, doesn�t it? Oh well�. At least I took a decent shot of the moon:
I like it better as a black and white, though:
Better pick up some lithium batteries this weekend. I might need a better low-light camera for something in the future�.
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