Stunning Aurora from Solar Storm yesterday 9 12 2014. Gorgeous and Amazing

I believe this is the prettiest picture I have ever seen of an Aurora from a Solar Storm.  The big CME hit the Earth yesterday 9/12/14. 

This picture was taken in Maine of the Aurora.  It is so colorful.  Normally Auroras are mainly green but this one is stunning in all the colors in it.

Enjoy.

The picture was on Spaceweather.

As predicted, a pair of CMEs hit Earth's magnetic field in quick succession on Sept. 11th and 12th. The result was a G3-class geomagnetic storm, the most intense of the year so far. At the peak of the storm on Sept 12-13, bright auroras ringed the Arctic Circle and spilled down over several northern-tier US states. The sky over Maine exploded in a rainbow of colors:
"I took the picture from Casco, Maine, facing north towards the Presidential Range in New Hampshire," says photographer John Stetson. "Red, purple, green, blue--all the colors were there!"

Can you see what is wrong with this picture of the Aurora from Feb 12th?

Do you see the same thing I do in this picture?

Can you tell what is wrong with this picture?

This picture is on Spaceweather right now.

What they are saying about it:

AURORA WHIRLPOOL: Sometimes the sky surprises us. On Feb. 14-15, with little warning, geomagnetic activity rippled around the Arctic Circle, producing an outbreak of auroras that veteran observers said was among the best in months. At the height of the display, a US Defense Meteorological Program satellite photographed a whirlpool of Northern Lights just north of the Bering Sea:

"A number of images from the DMSP F18 satellite captured the dramatic auroral event of the last couple nights," says analyst Paul McCrone, who processed processed the data at the US Navy's Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center in Monterey, CA.

The reason for the outburst is still not completely clear. It got started on Feb. 14th when a magnetic disturbance rippled around the Arctic Circle. No CME was obvious in local solar wind data at the time; the disturbance just ... happened. Once begun, the disturbance was amplified by the actions of the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) near Earth. The IMF tipped south, opening a crack in our planet's magnetic defenses. Solar wind poured in and fueled the auroras.

Do you see what I see in the picture?

If you are familiar when solar wind or CMEs hit the Earth the energy goes to both the North and South poles of the Earth.  That is where there is swirling of the Auroras and the strongest energy is concentrated.  Auroras can be seen very far south when there is a strong solar storm and it will be in the form of a green tint to the sky.  But the major part of it, is always at the North and South poles.

Here is a image of the magnetic field showing it from the North and South pole

 So, look at the picture at the top again.  Do you now see what is wrong with the picture?  The energy of the solar wind and aurora is not at the top of the Earth, but it is shown the energy is concentrated much further South, which would mark the magnetic North. We know the magnet north has been moving, but this is showing way south of where it should be.

Is our magnetic north this far south now?

Video of Magnetic Field getting Hit Oct. 24th 2011 - Auroras seen in half of U.S. as far South as Tn, N.C., Ark.

The Earth got a hard hit on October 24th 2011 with a Solar Flare/CME.  It was such a hard hit that Auroras were seen in half of the U.S. as far South as North Carolina, Tennessee and Arkansas.

Here is the video of the Magnetic Field as it was being hit by the Flare/CME.



This is from Spaceweather about the Geomagnetic Storm on Oct. 24th 2011.

Indeed, the display spread all the way down to Arkansas. "When I saw the alert, I ran outside and immediately saw red auroras," reports Brian Emfinger from the city of Ozark. "Within a few minutes the auroras went crazy! Unbelievable!"

Auroras were seen or photographed in more than half of all US states including Alabama, Wisconsin, New Mexico, Tennessee, Missouri, Illinois, Nebraska, Kentucky, North Carolina, Indiana, Oklahoma, Kansas, Iowa, Maryland, New York, Montana, Ohio, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Washington, Minnesota, Maine, Michigan, Oregon, Arkansas and California. Many observers, especially in the deep south, commented on the pure red color of the lights they saw. These rare all-red auroras sometimes appear during intense geomagnetic storms. They occur some 300 to 500 km above Earth's surface and are not yet fully understood.