Posted on 09/28/2020 1:34:58 PM PDT by nickcarraway
In a rare atmospheric shift, Earth’s seasonal aurora borealis, otherwise known as the Northern Lights, will be visible to some northern states in the contiguous United States.
What are the Northern Lights?
The Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) has forecast a trend of geomagnetic storms, also called solar storms, to continue through Tuesday, September 29. These celestial weather patterns, like a shockwave of particles from the sun, bombard Earth’s magnetic shield. The interplay between those solar particles with Earth’s atoms and molecules of oxygen, nitrogen and other elements causes a dazzling dance of lights in green, indigo and violet.
Where are Northern Lights visible?
It’s usually only residents of the Arctic Circle, such as Finland, Norway, Sweden, and parts of Canada, as well as Alaska, who typically enjoy the celestial phenomenon. But thanks to the uncommon strength of the current solar storms, the SWPC has predicted visibility “on the horizon” as far south as the American Midwest, northern Idaho and Iowa, and most of Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, Washington and Wisconsin.
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Could this be why my cell phone is neither completing or receiving calls today. I live in Alabama. I have checked all my settings and they seem ok
I’m not sure I have my government’s permission to view such things. I will hide inside and cause no trouble.
Northern states most likely. /sarc off
You may need to check to see if wearing a mask while looking North is mandated.
Another effect of Global Warming!
It’s a magnetic field not a magnetic shield. Some people should not report on science if they lack the basic understanding of subjects in science. At least learn the terminology. It may shield in the verb sense but it is not a shield in the noun sense.
Tina Fey can see Russia from her house so she’ll probably get a good show if she’s not hiding in the basement with joe.
I’ve caught sight of the northern lights twice in southern Missouri. The first time they made the sky look red so it looked like there was a huge fire to the north. The second time I actually saw the ‘moving curtains’. They must have been tremendous farther north.
The first time I ever saw them here in Washington, I thought we were being nuked.
I was about 19 and Reagan was “going to get us all nuked” then I voted for him in 84.
I’ll start to worry if I can see them from New Mexico.
I have seen them in Texas, Blood red, too.
Heh! I forgot the name of that movie. Quite liked it.
Grew up in Canada in rural areas with good night skies for viewing took sightings of the northern lights for granted … did you know if you whistle a tune the northern lights will dance? ;)
Depends on how much you had to drink and if your eyes were open at the time. Additionally, on the same thought process, you shouldn’t be able to see NL’s over the toilet.
rwood
Making out in Kryptkeys basement...
Ahh.... Terminator movie memories
If in a group, definitely. Sad that this is not a joke.
Will an ice giant planet be visible, too?
Cosmi . Cosmic, totally dude.
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