Posted on 09/12/2014 1:12:34 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Activity should begin right at nightfall and peak between 10 p.m. and 1 a.m. Central Daylight Time. The best place to observe the show is from a location well away from city lights with a good view of the northern sky. Auroras are notoriously fickle, but if the NOAA space forecasting crew is on the money, flickering lights should be visible as far south as Illinois and Kansas. The storm also has the potential to heat and expand the outer limits of Earth’s atmosphere enough to cause additional drag on low-Earth-orbiting (LEO) satellites. High-frequency radio transmissions like shortwave radio may be reduced to static particularly on paths crossing through the polar regions.
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Aurora ... yep that is the new Air Force Fleet.
I thought it was a toilet paper..........;)
lol ... Fleet Hidden and those are the lines behind F-35s. The ones behind Aurora are underground to be pulled out only if necessary.
Save those for the Chi-Coms.
Send B-52s to carpet bomb Mosul.
Kudos!
;)
Ping
It wasn’t terribly impressive. Just some shimmering white in the sky. Not any of the color you see in pictures from Alaska.
I was summer or early fall as I recall and my father put us in the car and took us out in the country away from the city lights to see it more clearly.
I would love to see it again here in Ohio but I have to sleep tonight and work tomorrow. I would probably have to drive out to boonies as well. Too much light pollution here.
I’ve seen it in NC as a child. It was red. Very vague but red.
In the fall of 2004 I saw it clearly in northeastern maryland. Lots of green swirling.
A lesser geomagnetic storm (a very minor one) hit yesterday, and the aurora was visible in Arizona. The storm today is slightly stronger than that.
Another mention. The magnetic field is weak over our western part of the earth than in the past. Be careful about sun exposure.
I’ve known people who have spent time in the Arctic Circle and Alaska, who say you can hear it, a sort of crystalline noise like tiny bells. Maybe that’s where Santa’s sleigh bells ringing came from, lol.
I have been planning on taking a look here in NC just in case but it’s been cloudy. If it was visible in AZ last night it’s not out of the question for here tonight or tomorrow night, I’m guessing. Similar latitudes.
Back in 10 th grand Aurora Garcia was the hottest chick in town
It's supposed to be clear tonight for me, but most auroral displays here at 44.5 N tend to be pale, orange-tinted shifting pleats.
And it ain’t gonna be Central NY, with its usual cloud cover.
Oh. man—I thought they resurrected Oldsmobile for a second there.....
Satellite internet seems to be a bit peppier this morning - whew...
Maybe I’ll actually have a moment to step outside during work. ;)
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