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celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0 |
Folks we are in the middle of a dull blown solar storm. Check http://spaceweather.com/ to get a handle on what is going on out side right now. celttooth this is from the USA. This one is from Alberta ================================= For me this is going on from one side of the sky to the other |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22149 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
The reality of nature wins over the falsehood of Photoshop any day Superb pictures :-) Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
Scarecrow Send message Joined: 15 Jul 00 Posts: 4520 Credit: 486,601 RAC: 0 |
That is awesome, CT!! I'm wondering if striking a match while burping would produce similar colors down here, on a much smaller scale of course. Seriously, seeing that sure makes me wish I was a little farther north. |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65690 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
CT that is an absolutely unbelievably great pair of photos. :) The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
Mike Send message Joined: 17 Feb 01 Posts: 34250 Credit: 79,922,639 RAC: 80 |
The lower pic would be a great wallpaper. Stunning. Do you have it in bigger size ? With each crime and every kindness we birth our future. |
Angela Send message Joined: 16 Oct 07 Posts: 13130 Credit: 39,854,104 RAC: 31 |
Breath taking! Thank you for posting those pictures! |
SciManStev Send message Joined: 20 Jun 99 Posts: 6651 Credit: 121,090,076 RAC: 0 |
The pictures are beautiful, but what I really find amazing is the trillions of watts dissipated that gives an aurora its beauty. If one could only harness that energy... Steve Warning, addicted to SETI crunching! Crunching as a member of GPU Users Group. GPUUG Website |
Robert Waite Send message Joined: 23 Oct 07 Posts: 2417 Credit: 18,192,122 RAC: 59 |
No fair CT There's no sign of activity from my location. Great photos. I always regret not having a camera for that one night several years ago when the aurora was complete from the East/West horizons to it's peak straight above. Every colour was involved. I felt like an ant at the base of a skyscraper. I do not fight fascists because I think I can win. I fight them because they are fascists. Chris Hedges A riot is the language of the unheard. -Martin Luther King, Jr. |
celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0 |
Hi: Please don't be mistaken, I am not the one who has taken these pix. I get them from http://spaceweather.com/ living this far north we get a fare share of northern light displays. Robert I see that you live in Prince George, and for some reason the displays always are north and east of where you live. I do remember years ago in the 1980s when I was at school, one week end there was a show that was so strong I could hear the sky crackle. I know that you are not supposed to be able to hear the aurora, but that night, myself and all the people who were with me could hear it. I have been waiting all this time for a repeat, and this summer we are going into another solar cycle. (Hope, hope.) |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65690 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
Well no matter where or who took that bottom pic, I don't know of any words to really adequately describe that, But I can say thanks for sharing that pic and the other one too. Who knows? Maybe You'll get lucky this cycle. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0 |
Well it looks like things may be hotting up again on the sun. This blast has mostly missed the earth, but more may be on the way. |
Carlos Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 29721 Credit: 57,275,487 RAC: 157 |
If a big one like that hits us directly..... say bye to a lot of what you take for granted. Like TV, Radio, Phones, etc. |
celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0 |
Now all we need is another Carrington event. ================ Well maybe not. |
celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0 |
If you live in the north plains states in the US, or as far south as Calgary in the Canadian west you may get a bit of a light show tonight from the aurora, baring clouds of course. Even in central British Columbia. Good luck, even better tomorrow night. http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/pmap/pmapN.html |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65690 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
Well that excludes Carlos and Me then. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
Scarecrow Send message Joined: 15 Jul 00 Posts: 4520 Credit: 486,601 RAC: 0 |
Well that excludes Carlos and Me then. And I'm in about the same boat as Victor and Carlos. Dang it! |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65690 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
Heck Yer farther North on the map. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
Angela Send message Joined: 16 Oct 07 Posts: 13130 Credit: 39,854,104 RAC: 31 |
What a light show! I'm ready for some popcorn now. |
Robert Waite Send message Joined: 23 Oct 07 Posts: 2417 Credit: 18,192,122 RAC: 59 |
We're being rained upon, no sightseeing for me tonight. I do not fight fascists because I think I can win. I fight them because they are fascists. Chris Hedges A riot is the language of the unheard. -Martin Luther King, Jr. |
Orgil Send message Joined: 3 Aug 05 Posts: 979 Credit: 103,527 RAC: 0 |
Thanks to modern technology you can always watch it live from Alaska: ;D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYPARXwVVaM This is really an eye opener: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn7xUkV0qds Mandtugai! |
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