Flying To Europe Tonight (8/3)? Great Aurora Expected!
Aug 3, 2010, 9:04 am
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Flying To Europe Tonight (8/3)? Great Aurora Expected!
From MSNBC site:
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory has captured what appears to be a disturbance in the force - on the sun. Astronomers say Sunday morning's eruption sent out a blast of electrically charged particles that should create brilliant auroral displays on Tuesday night.
"This eruption is directed right at us, and is expected to get here early in the day on August 4th," astronomer Leon Golub said in a statement from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. "It's the first major Earth-directed eruption in quite some time."
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The biggest impact from Sunday's solar storm is expected to be that killer light show: Observers in the northern tier of the United States and similar latitudes should be on the watch for rippling waves of reddish or greenish light in the night sky. And who knows? The northern lights have been known to dip down to Colorado or even farther south on occasion.
"This eruption is directed right at us, and is expected to get here early in the day on August 4th," astronomer Leon Golub said in a statement from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. "It's the first major Earth-directed eruption in quite some time."
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The biggest impact from Sunday's solar storm is expected to be that killer light show: Observers in the northern tier of the United States and similar latitudes should be on the watch for rippling waves of reddish or greenish light in the night sky. And who knows? The northern lights have been known to dip down to Colorado or even farther south on occasion.
Aug 3, 2010, 4:19 pm
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http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/arti...s-tonight?bn=1
I'll be out of bed getting ready for work at 0300 (UTC -4) and I'm hopeful I'll remember to include camera in lunch bag offerings.
I'll be out of bed getting ready for work at 0300 (UTC -4) and I'm hopeful I'll remember to include camera in lunch bag offerings.
Aug 3, 2010, 8:31 pm
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When my husband and I were flying to Kiev I looked at the sky map and thought "Wow, we are really far north. I wonder if I can see the northern lights?" When I looked outside the window it seemed like we were flying in shimmering green curtains--we were right in the thick of it. I can't believe the captain didn't pull the tour guide thing and point it out. Maybe because most everyone was asleep? Or perhaps they just see it so often it doesn't register with them to tell anyone.
I spent an hour just staring out the window until we headed south and they faded away. Magic.
/Aurora Borealis, how the f does that work?
I spent an hour just staring out the window until we headed south and they faded away. Magic.
/Aurora Borealis, how the f does that work?