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 12/15/2006 08:31:14 AM · #26
Northern Lights and Aurora borealis are the same thing.
12/15/2006 08:58:42 AM · #27
Dangit! Why do I have to live in Los Angeles? Beautiful photos everyone! I am very jealous as I have never seen the Northern Lights in person before but I love science and astronomy. Do they really kind of "dance" around like a moving curtain (like they show sometimes in movies), or are they slower moving?
 12/15/2006 09:33:37 AM · #28
they danced around a little bit lastnight. they kind of rolled across the sky.
12/15/2006 09:48:35 AM · #29
Originally posted by Telehubbie:
Dangit! Why do I have to live in Los Angeles? Beautiful photos everyone! I am very jealous as I have never seen the Northern Lights in person before but I love science and astronomy. Do they really kind of "dance" around like a moving curtain (like they show sometimes in movies), or are they slower moving?


The display has to be pretty intense in order to see the types of movement you refer to. I've seen that twice and it is truly awe inspiring. It's very easy to see why ancient sky watchers created the legends and myths associated with aurora.
 12/15/2006 10:02:55 AM · #30
Basically, streams of high energy particles from the sun (solar wind jacked up by a solar flare type explosion) that collide with the earth. The particles are mostly deflected away from earth due to the strong magnetic field that surrounds our planet, but some of the particles are pulled in at the magnetic poles, north and south. When they enter our atmosphere, the interact with molecules of oxygen, nitrogen, etc., and fluoresce. The displays are usually restricted to near-polar latitudes, but when the sun-stream is stronger, the effects reach lower latitudes

The old Native Americans believed that the Auroras were caused by souls exiting this plane for the next. Upon seeing the photos, I've always tended to believe the latter more than I did the scientific jibberish.

BTW. amazing photos guys, I am green with envy. Keep em coming they never get old.

Message edited by author 2006-12-15 10:04:13.
 12/15/2006 10:29:53 AM · #31
That must be amazing to watch. I found a site with some neat video on the auroras:

//www.weatherpaparazzi.com/Aurora.asp

It almost looks like the video is sped up on some, but I guess that's how they really look? You guys/gals are lucky up there, but that looks pretty dang cold out there in the middle of the night.
 12/15/2006 10:38:03 AM · #32
Originally posted by strangeghost:
Northern Lights and Aurora borealis are the same thing.


LOL! didn't know that!
 12/15/2006 10:51:28 AM · #33
Great photos!!!!

I was lucky to see the northern lights once when I lived in Wisconsin. I was driving at the time and to this day I regret not pulling over to just sit and watch.
 12/15/2006 11:17:37 AM · #34
I snapped this shot out my back window. First one I've seen in Southern Maine for years!!

//www.dpchallenge.com/image.php?IMAGE_ID=438961

Message edited by author 2006-12-15 11:17:49.
 12/15/2006 11:24:45 AM · #35
one more shot....this one is over my neighbor's house shot as a surprise for her as they go to bed early and had no idea the lights were active.



12/15/2006 11:36:01 AM · #36
Does anybody know if there will be more tonight? To think I was outside last night at about 11:30PM CST and looked up at the clear sky. I scanned the sky but saw nothing but stars, but I wasn't aware of the Aurora so I just glanced around. It was above freezing and would have been a perfect time to take pictures.
 12/15/2006 11:37:57 AM · #37
Look to the north and reference these pages:

//www.sel.noaa.gov/pmap/index.html

//www.spaceweather.com
 12/15/2006 11:44:48 AM · #38
Originally posted by mad_brewer:
Does anybody know if there will be more tonight?


Not sure about where you are, but as long as our skies are clear we are supposed to have another good showing tonight here in Alaska. We see them over the north and east skies. I'll be taking my camera to work with me as I get off at 9pm and may end up seeing a nice show on my way home.
 12/15/2006 11:47:41 AM · #39
Originally posted by mad_brewer:
Does anybody know if there will be more tonight? To think I was outside last night at about 11:30PM CST and looked up at the clear sky. I scanned the sky but saw nothing but stars, but I wasn't aware of the Aurora so I just glanced around. It was above freezing and would have been a perfect time to take pictures.

I read that the solar activity could interfere with satellites for up to 4 days, so hopefully the lights will continue too - the sky is set to clear up in the UK this weekend and I'm headed North tomorrow.

Aurorawatch has an alert service for when the activity is high. It's UK based, but if it gets triggered the same activity is likely to hit the states 5-6 hours later.
 12/15/2006 11:51:43 AM · #40
I heard on the radio this morning that we could see minimal activity tonight in Wisconsin if the skys clear up. They said tomorrow night might be even better, again pending on the clouds.
12/15/2006 12:15:01 PM · #41
Yep, sunspot 930 threw offf another flare,resulting in a CME (Coronal Mass Ejection) that may hit on the 16th. The SOHO solar observatory should soon confirm whether the mass ejection is earth-directed. He're's hoping for clear sies :-)
 12/15/2006 07:40:22 PM · #42
The activity was visbible in New England last night as well


I sent these into the local TV station and they used them during their wetaher report tonight.
 12/15/2006 08:57:23 PM · #43
I did that with a arora photo I have in my portfolio. Might send in another one on Monday.
Originally posted by DJWoodward:
The activity was visbible in New England last night as well


I sent these into the local TV station and they used them during their wetaher report tonight.

12/15/2006 09:21:10 PM · #44
Originally posted by DJWoodward:
I sent these into the local TV station and they used them during their wetaher report tonight.


cool, i did the same thing with this shot and they used it too! :)

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