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GEOMAGNETIC STORMS UNDERWAY NOW:
spaceweather.com ^ | 9/28/17 | staff

Posted on 09/27/2017 11:21:23 PM PDT by Pontiac

GEOMAGNETIC STORMS UNDERWAY NOW: Geomagnetic storms are underway on Sept. 28th as a fast-moving stream of solar wind buffets Earth's magnetic field.

With storm levels reaching category G2, Northern Lights have been photographed in the USA as far south as Wisconsin and Washington. NOAA forecasters say there is a 60% to 80% chance of continued storms during the next 24 hours.

Geomagnetic storms are underway on Sept. 28th as a fast-moving stream of solar wind buffets Earth's magnetic field. With storm levels reaching category G2, Northern Lights have been photographed in the USA as far south as Wisconsin and Washington. NOAA forecasters say there is a 60% to 80% chance of continued storms during the next 24 hours. Free: Aurora Alerts


TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: northernlights; solarwind
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To: shibumi

Definitely want to go there at least once, we were planning this year but it didnt work out...


21 posted on 09/28/2017 2:58:46 AM PDT by wyowolf (Be ware when the preachers take over the Republican party...)
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To: shibumi

This is great


22 posted on 09/28/2017 3:04:41 AM PDT by silverleaf (A man who kneels for the national anthem doesn't stand for much of anything)
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

I, too, remember the northern lights in 64-65. I was just north of Washington, D.C.


23 posted on 09/28/2017 3:09:51 AM PDT by VietVet
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To: Pontiac

When do they blame Trump?


24 posted on 09/28/2017 3:12:20 AM PDT by I want the USA back (*slam is a political movement that hides behind the illusion of religion.)
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To: Pontiac

When do they blame Trump?


25 posted on 09/28/2017 3:12:21 AM PDT by I want the USA back (*slam is a political movement that hides behind the illusion of religion.)
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To: I want the USA back

lol...I was just thinking the same thing.


26 posted on 09/28/2017 3:15:22 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (Not my circus. Not my monkeys.)
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt

Usually the radio propagation is blacked out with the protons that hit the ionishpere at the speed of light. The CME which comes a couple days later from a flare (speed may vary) gives us the geomagnetic storms and can cause issues with radio signals, but not like the speed of light protons days earlier. Hams can even bounce signals off auroras. I’m usually on VHF/UHF and haven’t fired up the HF in the last 12 hours. HF was fine then and I was listening to stations from thousands of miles away with little fading and normal background interference.


27 posted on 09/28/2017 4:24:14 AM PDT by DocRock (And now is the time to fight! Peter Muhlenberg)
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To: Pontiac

We have them routinely in northern Michigan.


28 posted on 09/28/2017 4:58:32 AM PDT by MarMema
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To: radu

I’ve seen them a couple times when I lived in Michigan. Our son works on a solar project at NASA and gave us a heads up a couple weeks ago. They thought it might be slightly visible in lower states.

We drove an hour or so up into Amish country in PA but didn’t see anything.


29 posted on 09/28/2017 5:36:17 AM PDT by cyclotic (Trump tweets are the only news source you can trust.)
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To: Pontiac

I was born & raied in Wisconsin.

Northern Lights were fairly common when I was a kid on the farm.


30 posted on 09/28/2017 6:30:30 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: Pontiac

We had several strange little power blurbs last night.


32 posted on 09/28/2017 7:30:24 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: I want the USA back

It’s Global Warming

It’s got to be Global Warming.

But then of course GlowBull Warming is Trump’s fault.


33 posted on 09/28/2017 3:06:50 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.L)
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To: shibumi

That’s amazing! Looks fun.


34 posted on 09/28/2017 3:57:16 PM PDT by GnuThere
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt; MadMax, the Grinning Reaper; I want the USA back; MarMema; ridesthemiles; ...
Update

GEOMAGNETIC STORM UPDATE: A strong G3-class geomagnetic storm that sparked bright equinox auroras around the Arctic Circle last night is now subsiding. At the peak of the storm, Northern Lights descended into the USA as far south as Washington, Michigan, Montana, Wisconsin, Illinois and Minnesota. The activity was sparked by a stream of solar wind flowing from a large hole in the sun's atmosphere.

AN EXPLOSION OF PINK OVER ALASKA: Knowing that a solar wind stream was heading for Earth, forecasters predicted a geomagnetic storm last night. However, they didn't predict it would be so strong, a G3-class event. Marketa S. Murray photographed the pleasant surprise outside Fairbanks, Alaska:

"It was one of the best shows I've seen," says Murray, a longtime Alaska sky watcher and aurora tour guide. "The auroras were remarkable for their amazing pink and purple color."

The pink color is a sign of nitrogen. Most auroras are green--a verdant glow caused by energetic particles from space hitting oxygen atoms 100 km to 300 km above Earth's surface. Pink appears when energetic particles descend lower than usual, striking nitrogen molecules at the 100 km level and below. The solar wind stream currently blowing around Earth seems to be sending particles deep enough into Earth's atmosphere to spark this lovely type of aurora

Pictures at the link. Above.

35 posted on 09/28/2017 4:02:36 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.L)
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To: Pontiac

Those pictures of the Aurora were beautiful. Thank you!.


36 posted on 09/28/2017 5:09:19 PM PDT by txnativegop (The political left, Mankinds intellectual hemlock)
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To: Pontiac
Thanks for the pink info. Here in northern Michigan we sometimes are awakened by pink pulsing lights so bright that it makes it hard to sleep.

We get them fairly often, though never in the spring or summer.

Last week or so we were trying to find something to cover the bedroom window better so we could sleep.

37 posted on 09/28/2017 5:42:46 PM PDT by MarMema
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To: txnativegop

I am amazed that people can see something like that and believe that there is no God.


38 posted on 09/28/2017 5:54:06 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.L)
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To: Pontiac

I have only seen them once in person.

They are awe-inspiring.


39 posted on 09/28/2017 5:55:51 PM PDT by txnativegop (The political left, Mankinds intellectual hemlock)
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To: txnativegop; MarMema

My wife and I are taking an Alaskan cruize in May. I am hoping that (against the odds I know) that we will see the Aurora.

We are going in May to see the glaciers but I can hope for a twofer.


40 posted on 09/28/2017 5:57:48 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.L)
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