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Spindulik
10-31-2003, 02:30 AM
I never saw the Aura Borealis. Only pictures. Tonight I saw IT!!!!

Click here to see what you are missing. (http://www.geo.mtu.edu/weather/aurora/images/aurora/jan.curtis/)
noname12
10-31-2003, 02:32 AM
Originally posted by Spindulik@31 October 2003 - 02:30
I never saw the Aura Borealis. Only pictures. Tonight I saw IT!!!!

Click here to see what you are missing. (http://www.geo.mtu.edu/weather/aurora/images/aurora/jan.curtis/)
Where does this happen?

I feel like taking a holiday.
Spindulik
10-31-2003, 02:35 AM
It happens near the North pole and South pole, but seen from tousands of miles away.

It is happening tonight (several times so far), because of that huge solar flare that was thousands times bigger than the earth, traveling near 55 million miles per hour, but mostly contained by the sun's gravity. What escaped was radio wave interference and so forth.
noname12
10-31-2003, 02:38 AM
Originally posted by Spindulik@31 October 2003 - 02:35
It happens near the North pole and South pole, but seen from tousands of miles away.

It is happening tonight (several times so far), because of that huge solar flare that was thousands times bigger than the earth, traveling near 55 million miles per hour, but mostly contained by the sun's gravity. What excaped was radio wave interference and so forth.
So I finally have an excuse to visit russia?

w00t
Twist3r
10-31-2003, 02:41 AM
Originally posted by noname12+31 October 2003 - 03:38--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (noname12 @ 31 October 2003 - 03:38)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Spindulik@31 October 2003 - 02:35
It happens near the North pole and South pole, but seen from tousands of miles away.

It is happening tonight (several times so far), because of that huge solar flare that was thousands times bigger than the earth, traveling near 55 million miles per hour, but mostly contained by the sun&#39;s gravity. What excaped was radio wave interference and so forth.
So I finally have an excuse to visit russia?

w00t [/b][/quote]
:D lol
MagicNakor
10-31-2003, 03:12 AM
I see it often. Sometimes it&#39;s almost commonplace, others it&#39;s incredible.

:ninja:
muchspl2
10-31-2003, 03:13 AM
heres some better pics, even as far south as Georgia and texas

http://science.nasa.gov/spaceweather/auror...ct03_page3.html (http://science.nasa.gov/spaceweather/aurora/gallery_01oct03_page3.html)


http://science.nasa.gov/spaceweather/aurora/images2003/29oct03b/Brown2.jpg
http://science.nasa.gov/spaceweather/aurora/images2003/29oct03b/LaBar1.jpg
http://science.nasa.gov/spaceweather/aurora/images2003/29oct03/Nam2.jpg

I would post all their so cool but no 56k*death warning
Spindulik
10-31-2003, 04:02 AM
Originally posted by MagicNakor@30 October 2003 - 23:12
I see it often. Sometimes it&#39;s almost commonplace, others it&#39;s incredible.

:ninja:
That is great. I wish I could see that often.







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In my area, nightly murders, robberies and crimes, Sometimes it&#39;s almost commonplace, others it&#39;s incredible.
callad
11-03-2003, 05:56 AM
Originally posted by Spindulik@31 October 2003 - 05:02
That is great. I wish I could see that often.







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In my area, nightly murders, robberies and crimes, Sometimes it&#39;s almost commonplace, others it&#39;s incredible.
Well if your lucky you might get to see something yet... maybe..
Clip and paste from spaceweather.com

X-FLARE: Giant sunspot 486 produced another remarkable solar flare on Nov. 2nd at 1725 UT. This one measured X8 on the Richter scale of solar flares. Because the sunspot is nearing the sun&#39;s western limb, the blast was not aimed squarely at Earth. Even so, a coronal mass ejection (CME) is heading our way. Auroras could appear on Nov. 3rd or 4th when the electrified cloud delivers a glancing blow to Earth&#39;s magnetic field. Also, an X3-flare erupted near sunspot 488 at 0130 UT on Nov. 3rd.