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Chris L. Grohusko and Glowing Visitor in the Desert
by Chris L. Grohusko
What does it take to be not only a photographer, but a photographer who captures Alaska's Northern Lights in the desert from El Paso, Texas? If you are Chris Grohusko, you are dedicated to loving your work, and in being at the right spot at the right time. His work has been featured in Astronomy Magazine, El Paso Times, National Geographic Magazine, Space Illustrated Magazine, and Star Date Magazine, just to name a few. His list of credits continue to grow as shown in the following article:
Chris L. Grohusko and Glowing Visitor in the Desert
In their entire lifetime, most people in El Paso Texas never see a rare hidden secret of the desert's night time sky: Alaska's Northern Lights. But they were very luckily photographed on August 12, 2000 just on the outskirts of El Paso's suburbs by a devoted local expert stargazer/professional photographer, 25 year-old Chris Grohusko. On August 11, 2000, Chris had slept during the day until 4pm so he could photograph something entirely different
(an annual meteor shower), but after arriving at his location about 10pm, something else began to catch his attention around 345 am August 12, 2000.
.jpg) Very tall, slender, and perfectly focused beams of light like those used at a "Hollywood Movie Premiere" began to point up the sky from the northeastern mountains at Hueco Tanks Historical State Park, 32 miles East of El Paso or about a 45 minute drive from the suburbs of El Paso. Then, as Chris looked directly
north about 15 minutes later, a tremendously thick and intensely tall curtain of light was hanging in the sky. It was made of 3 ripples or 3 thick rays of light which were very actively pulsing just like a person smoothly fooling with the dimming and brightness switch of the chandelier in your dining room. This curtain of light lasted for approximately 20 minutes during which time a golden shooting star (from the annual meteor shower) crashed directly through the curtain with the speed of a diving rocket. It all made for a spectacular hour from the "exotic and graceful territory of angels", as Chris mentions.
The requirement for these softly radiating, pulsing, and breathtaking curtains of light is the following: every 11 years the Sun arrives at the peak of its Sunspot Cycle, which during Fall and Spring throughout all of history, produces explosions on the Sun which bullet to our Earth a speeding and monstrous energy cloud containing a tiny piece of the atmosphere of the Sun, which charges the air we breathe to produce natural color. The Northern Lights are a naturally occurring phenomenon involving an electrical current of the Earth known as the electrojet, located hundreds of miles high in the sky's atmosphere. Once this powerful solar cloud arrives at the Earth, usually 24 to 48 hours after exploding from the Sun's surface, it then tremendously "surges" the Earth's main electrical current so the current becomes pushed away South from its normal location in Alaska to a rare location such as Texas. The lights then become visible in many forms out of the city limits, in this case only a 45 minute drive East of the suburbs of El Paso Texas. Chris's photograph has since been published in numerous local, state, national, and international magazines, newspapers, and websites because of this "once-in-a-lifetime" elegant photo opportunity. They include "Texas Highways" (March 2000), Astronomy (Dec 2000), a college textbook (by Jay Pasachoff), and Popular Photography Magazine (April 2002). "Chasing the sky with binoculars, telescopes, and cameras in the "back country" of El Paso for 3 years has finally launched me into the fast lane of the publishing industry", Chris says.
Chris welcomes all feedback and may be contacted:
by email: Chris Grohusko
by mail:
10328 Blackwood Ave., El Paso, Texas 79925
by phone:
915-593-0036
CHRIS GROHUSKO
Published Photographer
Payee of National Geographic Magazine (Washington D.C.)
and
Popular Photography Magazine (41st Floor, 1633 Broadway, New York)
10328 BLACKWOOD AVE
EL PASO TEXAS 79925
PHONE: 915 593 0036
AGENCY MEMBER PHOTOGRAPHER
Photo Researchers, Inc.
60 E. 56th St.
New York, New York 10019
http://www.photoresearchers.com
Current Copies of Magazines and Newspapers printed of C. L. Grohusko photos = 2,710,052
More Recent Publishing:
Popular Photography Magazine, April 2002 Issue, Full Page Color;
adjacent to inside back cover 464,000 copies
Astronomy Magazine, July 2001 Issue, Hot Shots Section at back of magazine
Subject: Northern Lights in Texas on March 31, 2001
1 photo Full Page; 1 photo approx 3 square inches
CIRCULATION: Approx 170, 000 copies
Current Publicity:
(A) ON THE INTERNET:
(1) http://stacks.msnbc.com/news/552353.asp#BODY
(2) http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/04/02/solar.storm/index.html
(3) http://www.space.com/spacewatch/aurora_sightings_010402.html
(4) http://www.coelum.com/coelum/2001/0103/0103fot.htm
(5) http://www.coelum.com/coelum/2001/0103/gallery/foto/010301.jpg
(6) http://www.coelum.com/coelum/2001/0103/gallery/foto/010302.jpg
(7) http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/auroraborealisphotographyetc?gd&.alabel=alb5
(8) http://www.webcrawler.com/education/science_and_nature/
science_multimedia/astronomy/astronomical_images/aurora_images/
(9) http://millennium-ark.net/News_Files/Newsletters/News010414/News010414C.html#Anchor-49575
(B) :
SCIENCE NEWS Magazine: [STORY: "Raging Sun Provides Earthly Light Show"]
Issue for the Week of APRIL 28, 2001---Vol. 159; page 267
ONLINE ARCHIVE: (1) http://sciencenews.org/20010428/toc.asp
(2) http://sciencenews.org/20010428/note10ref.asp
CIRCULATION = 200,000 copies
(C):
El Paso Times
Sunday, April 1, 2001
Section B 1
Spikes of Light Aurora Photograph taken during Great Solar Storm of 31 March 2001
Circulation = 98, 000 copies
(D):
The Albuquerque Journal Newspaper
Sunday, April 15, 2001
Section B 1
Aurora Time-Lapse Photograph with Cactus/Mountain taken 11 April 2001
Circulation = 120,000 copies
Aug 12 2000 Texas Aurora Borealis and Other Photography PUBLICITY LIST:
BLUE = GOING TO PRESS or already printed PUBLISHERS
(final confirmations already received and photo to be printed for sure)
PURPLE = Paid Already by Publishers who didn't publish because of low ad sales
GREEN = PENDING PUBLISHERS(final confirmations for printing
photo not received yet)
TAN = WEBSITE sources of publicity WestTexas Aurora Event Archives from
newspapers, NASA, space.com, etc.
(1)Astronomy Magazine--dec 2000 issue, Hot Shots section
CIRCULATION = approximately 170, 000 copies
(2)NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Magazine publishing may or may not occur in future issue of Geographica section
CIRCULATION = 9 million copies
(3)Popular Photography Magazine--Winter 2001/2002 Issue of Final Frame section (Last Page of Magazine)
CIRCULATION = 464,000 copies
(4)Space Illustrated Magazine (http://www.space.com) Jan/Feb 2001 issue
Opening Story and Photo of "First Contact" section; page 11
(large photo size; approx 3/8 page of wide formatted magazine)
CIRCULATION = 150,000 copies
(5)Outdoor Explorer Magazine Feb/Mar 2001 issue Opening Photo of
"Aurora Borealis" Article; PHOTO SIZE: Full Page; LOCATION: page 66 (un-numbered page)
CIRCULATION = 300,000 to 400,000 copies
(6) Star Date Magazine (McDonald Observatory Public Info Office) January 2001
Sky Almanac Full Page (Back Cover); Image Employed: "Celestial Paint Valley", also known
as "Star Trail Aurora"
CIRCULATION = 14,000 copies
(7) Texas Highways Magazine 2 PAGE SPREAD OF ECHO MOUNTAIN METEOR AURORA
PHOTOGRAPH for March 2001 Issue with Texas Aurora Sightings Article
CIRCULATION = 300,000 copies
(8) Sky & Space Magazine (AUSTRALIA & SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE) Dec/Jan 2000 Issue of "Sky Shots" Section
CIRCULATION = 15, 500 copies
(9) SCIENCE NEWS Magazine (Part 2 of 2-part series of the "Sun-Earth Connection")
Issue for the Week of January 20, 2001; ONLINE ARCHIVE:
http://www.sciencenews.org/20010120/bob2.asp
CIRCULATION = 200,000 copies
(10) The Mountain Astrologer Magazine (April/May 2001 Issue) Inside Cover with
Echo Mountain Meteor Aurora photo and Zodical Light Image "space_desert"
CIRCULATION = 27,000 copies
(11) COELUM ASTRONOMIA MAGAZINE OF VENICE ITALY
http://www.coelum.com
(EUROPE)Images Employed: (1) "Echo Mountain Meteor Aurora" and
(2) "Rocket Twirl" White Sands Missile Smoke Trails in pastel dawn sky
INTERNET LINKS ARE:
(1) http://www.coelum.com/coelum/2001/0103/0103fot.htm
(2) http://www.coelum.com/coelum/2001/0103/gallery/foto/010301.jpg
(3) http://www.coelum.com/coelum/2001/0103/gallery/foto/010302.jpg
CIRCULATION = 20, 000 copies
(12) MUY INTERESANTE MAGAZINE (Mexico/Spanish Language Market) "Flash" Section April 2001 Issue;
PAGES 50 TO 51; 2 PAGE SPREAD AFTER THE MARLBORO MAN TWO PAGE SPREAD;
IMAGE EMPLOYED: "solarwindgust"
CIRCULATION = 259,556 copies
(13) Guest Life 2001/2002: El Paso, Juarez, and Southern New Mexico (In Hotel Tourist Book)
To be published May 2001; IMAGE EMPLOYED IN BOOK = "solarwindgust", page 50 of Sights and Highlights section
WEBPAGE: http://www.guestlife.com
(14) REFLECTOR [Newsletter of The Astronomical League] November 2000 Issue;
Aurora Alert Section (page 5, bottom half area)
(15) SPACE.COM Website PHOTO GALLERIES OF PLANET EARTH (Auroras);
(click on image number 12); Website Address:
http://www.space.com/imagegallery/gallery/index2.php3
(16) COLLEGE TEXTBOOK
ASTRONOMY: From the Earth to the Universe by Dr. Jay M. Pasachoff of Williams College,
Williamstown, Massachusettes
Harcourt College Publishing, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Release Date is Fall 2001
Circulation Approximately: 15,000 copies
(17) BRITISH ASTRONOMICAL ASSOCIATION (BAA)
Photograph On Display At the "Aurora
Section" of Website at this internet address:
http://www.baa-aurora.f2s.com/imagescg.htm
(18) The Farmer's Almanac Website (http://www.almanac.com):
Online Links Section for article entitled
"A Fine Year for the Aurora Borealis";
Link title: Click here to see rare photos of the aurora in West Texas
(19) NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day 9/15/00
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap000915.html
(20) NASA Spaceweather.com News Archives 8/14/00
"The Extraordinary Geomagnetic Perseid Meteor Shower"
http://spacescience.com/headlines/y2000/ast14aug_1.htm#gallery
NEWSPAPERS - Texas:
(21) Texas Newspaper (13 Aug 2000)
El Paso Times, front page @ 98,000 copies, in color
NEWSPAPERS - California:
(22) California Newspaper (14 Aug 2000), Pasadena Star News Weather page color
(23) California Newspaper (14 Aug 2000) San Gabriel Valley Tribune Weather pageb color
(24) California Newspaper (14 Aug 2000) Whittier Daily News Weather page color
Possible Appearance for Publishing of Aurora Photography:
(25) Nature's Best Magazine
(26) Big Bend Astronomical Society, Inc. Online Newsletter, Article section entitled
"Aurora Visible in El Paso Area", here at this website address:
http://www.brooksdata.net/personal/bbastro/archives/08_09_00_n.htm
(27) French Astronomy Website A http://www.multimania.com/astrobale/gal0010/gal06.html
TEXAS ASSOCIATED PRESS WEBSITES:
(28) http://amarilloglobenews.com/stories/081400/tex_meteor.shtml(AMARILLO)
(29) http://www.callertimes.com/2000/august/14/today/texas_me/1885.html(CORPUS CHRISTI)
(30) http://khou.com/news/stories/4270.html(HOUSTON)
(31) http://www.fwst.com/news/doc/1047/1:STATE12/1:STATE120813100.html(FORT WORTH)
(32) http://www.reporternews.com/2000/texas/show0814.html(ABILENE)
(33) French Astronomy Website B
http://www.apod.geoman.net/fr/html/ap000915.html
(34) French Astronomy Website C
http://jcboulay.free.fr/astro/sommaire/image_jour/aurores_boreales/page_aurores.htm
(35) Popular Astronomy Magazine(Birmingham, England)-April 2001 issue
http://www.popastro.com/spapop/home.htm
With kind regards,
Mr. Chris L. Grohusko
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