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The auroral view while driving up Atigun Pass, North Slope Borough County, Alaska, US on November 1, 2013. Credit and copyright: Jason Ahrns.
1 posted on 11/01/2013 2:38:57 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

I showed my son the Aurora for the first time, night before last. I’m in upstate New York.

It was nowhere near as spectacular as the above image, but easily visible. Long strips, oriented north-south. Many colors, but dim.


2 posted on 11/01/2013 2:52:36 PM PDT by Steely Tom (If the Constitution can be a living document, I guess a corporation can be a person.)
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To: BenLurkin

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_storm_of_1859


4 posted on 11/01/2013 5:48:33 PM PDT by Therapsid (t)
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To: BenLurkin; al baby

Peep my stuning Aurora.

5 posted on 11/01/2013 10:47:18 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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