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Title: Northern Lights
Post by: el_chode on Aug 04, 2010, 08:51 AM
No, not the venue in Albany. If you live along the southern terminal moraine of the last ice age...basically, along I-80, or north of it, there's a good chance you can see the aurora tonight. It won't be a full color spectacle, but likely some shimmering silver curtains in the sky.

(http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/pmap/gif/pmapN.gif)

The other day, the sun splooged a massive CME in our direction that caused a solar tsunami and other fun stuff, causing the aurora forecast to rise to an "8"
Title: Re: Northern Lights
Post by: Crispy on Aug 04, 2010, 08:56 AM
Schweet! I'm too far south now, but I once saw the aurora from northern Colorado.
Title: Re: Northern Lights
Post by: DiscoStu65 on Aug 04, 2010, 09:12 AM
i never ever saw the northern lights
Title: Re: Northern Lights
Post by: johnnYYac on Aug 04, 2010, 09:15 AM
Yeah, I've seen 'em before, without warning, up here in NH.  Thought I was having a flashback!
Title: Re: Northern Lights
Post by: jones on Aug 04, 2010, 09:31 AM
Quotei never ever saw the northern lights

Me neither.  Also, I never really heard of cluster flies.
Title: Re: Northern Lights
Post by: DiscoStu65 on Aug 04, 2010, 10:48 AM
alas!
Title: Re: Northern Lights
Post by: el_chode on Aug 04, 2010, 10:59 AM
QuoteYeah, I've seen 'em before, without warning, up here in NH.  Thought I was having a flashback!

I, too, saw them unexpectedly while fishing up on Lake Newbury in Canada. Which I guess isn't too unexpected, but then again, I was young and naieve
Title: Re: Northern Lights
Post by: ALady on Aug 04, 2010, 03:14 PM
I've seen them a couple times in Wisconsin.  Really cool.  One time it was like a red wall of light.

One of the downsides of living in the city is that you can't really see any stuff like this, or stars.   :-/