| Author | Message | ||
     Jamie (Rover_puppy) Senior Member Username: Rover_puppy Post Number: 323 Registered: 05-2003 |
Who is getting a good light show from the geomagnetic storm? How far south are you able to view the lights? For timeline, see: http://www.sec.noaa.gov/alerts/graphics/warnings_timeline_19696.png For easy to understand scales, see: http://www.sec.noaa.gov/Data/info/WWVdoc.html | ||
| Jamie (Rover_puppy) Senior Member Username: Rover_puppy Post Number: 324 Registered: 05-2003 |
Here is the correct link to the easy to understand scales: http://www.sec.noaa.gov/NOAAscales/ | ||
| Leslie N. Bright (Leslie) Dweb Lounge Member Username: Leslie Post Number: 2600 Registered: 02-2002 |
Jamie, Last night, as I was heading home, I rounded the bend coming through the gap and was looking north across the Knobs in front of the farm.... Usually when out at night, to the southeast there's a ambient amber glow from Kingsport, but looking north is always pitch-black. Last night, though, I was tickled to see that the sky along the horizon to the north just over the ridge was lit up blue, that I was actually seeing the lights here on the Virginia-Tennessee line. No, it wasn't a stellar show from here, it could have easily been mistaken for light pollution if someone didn't take the time to realize that, there weren't any lights in that direction. If you were south of Kingsport, you wouldn't have been able to have separated the light pollution from the light. Luckily, I was where I knew what I was seeing wasn't anthropogenic. A site that I like is: http://www.spaceweather.com Places even further south, such as Houston TX, had a better show than I saw. It just depends on your horizon, the time you look, etc. etc.... -Leslie | ||
| Leslie N. Bright (Leslie) Dweb Lounge Member Username: Leslie Post Number: 2601 Registered: 02-2002 |
All I can say is, wow..... Last night, I had planned to run up to a nearby firetower after dinner to get a good view north, from a ridge north of town, to avoid light pollution. Well, plans changed, and we ended up deciding to go out to dinner, so, we're heading out the door at about 6:30.... There was no low-lying glow that would have been mistaken for light pollution in the wrong direction. There above the ridge, the sky was a mute-yet-fibrant pink, slowly shimmering, with gentle folded bands evolving across the glow. It was stunning.... it left you speechless, considering that we were standing in Tennessee, not Alaska. We stood there for at least a half-hour, just gazing. finally it started to mute out, and hunger drove us on to dinner. The sky remained a slightly pink tint to the north for a bit afterwards, but nothing like it was. Once we got home, there was nothing north other than the stars (though there was a beautiful crescent moon to the south, along with Mars). Hopefully tonight will be similar. Even if not, though, it was something to behold. -L | ||
| Jaime (Blueboy) Senior Member Username: Blueboy Post Number: 795 Registered: 02-2002 |
thats a very cool link Leslie. thanks. Jaime | ||
| KJ (Karen) Senior Member Username: Karen Post Number: 188 Registered: 02-2002 |
Last night my riding lesson kids, who I'd filled with Halloween candy and so had deemed unreliable witnesses (G), started screaming, "Miss Karen, we're watching the aurora borealis, come out here!" "Yeah right", I thought, until one of the parents said, "No, they really are!" I hadn't heard a thing about it, and apparently missed the best, most pink, part. I had David turn off the outdoor lights, which actually made the color less intense. So, we had him turn the lights on again, and enjoyed what remained of the show. And what remained of the candy. Karen  | ||
| Frank Rafka (Mongosd2) Dweb Lounge Member Username: Mongosd2 Post Number: 166 Registered: 02-2003 |
was really in awesome up here in the 'cuse... | ||
| Jamie (Rover_puppy) Senior Member Username: Rover_puppy Post Number: 329 Registered: 05-2003 |
That's awesome! Thanks for sharing your experiences! | ||
| Christopher Boese (Christopher) Member Username: Christopher Post Number: 216 Registered: 10-2002 |
Ironic that the Big Bear Solar Observatory is probably without power, as the fire approaches from a few miles to the west. It's one of the most important solar observatories in the country, and its staff has had to flee during what may be a very rare solar event. |
