Big Northern Lights show could be headed our way
I've never seen them. Maybe tomorrow night's the night.
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There's a lot of discussion on the various weather blogs about solar minimums, and the impact, if any, on weather patterns. One item at the end of the link, though, may be open to question. I don't think it is certain if this particular solar flare, which is quite large, is an isolated event, or the beginnings of a maximum solar cycle.
Posted by umpire | August 2, 2010 5:09 PM
I witnessed them years ago on a trip back to school in eastern Washington, late August. Pulsating purple to blue. Incredibly beautiful filling the dark sky. Nature at its best.
Posted by Old Shep | August 2, 2010 8:20 PM
Back in late summer 1987, in Mt. Morris,NY I saw the northern lights for the first(and only) time. This was an awesome and quite unexpected event.
Mt, Morris is at 42deg.lat. We're at 45.
I am hoping to see this wonderful light show again tomorrow and/or wed nite.
Any suggestions for viewing spots? (keeping in mind that the 5am work alarm doesn't care how much/little sleep I've gotten.
Posted by jussaskin | August 2, 2010 8:20 PM
All four years I was an undergrad somewhere in W MA, I saw them late at night on my birthday... mid-Sept timeframe... haven't seen them since them... first time I saw them was driving home from movies (2001: Space Odyssey) as a teen in W. NY. Saw them numerous other times until I moved West.
Posted by LucsAdvo | August 2, 2010 9:39 PM
Marlon Brando, Pocahontas, and me...
Posted by PJB | August 2, 2010 10:28 PM
And the Astrodome, and the first TV...
Posted by Jack Bog | August 2, 2010 10:29 PM
This particular CME is a complete non-event. As explained to me by someone that knows much more about this stuff than I do, the average amount of solar insolation on the Earth is on the order of 360 watts per square meter. This event will raise it by about 3 microwatts per square meter.
This is only news because we haven't had *any* CMEs in over a year, and the only reason we would even know this one existed is because we have a couple billion-dollar observation satellites in GSO to tell us. The good news: they work.
Posted by MachineShedFred | August 3, 2010 8:33 AM
Have seen them too many times to count from NE Montana. It's crazy when they move and jump. It's quite a sight.
Posted by laurel | August 3, 2010 9:59 AM
Before you die, go to Alaska in the fall or winter to see the Northern Lights. When the "go off" it's one of the most amazing sights on Earth.
Posted by dg | August 3, 2010 10:38 AM
Heck, I saw them outside of Vancouver WA a few years ago.
Posted by Max | August 3, 2010 4:21 PM
Well, last night it was a FAIL for PDX
Posted by LucsAdvo | August 4, 2010 6:38 AM
It took a while for pictures to develop.
www.spaceweather.com/aurora/gallery_01aug10_page3.htm
www.spaceweather.com/aurora/gallery_01aug10_page4.htm
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Posted by Tenskwatawa | August 6, 2010 8:59 PM