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Northern Lights Will Be Visible In Minnesota Sunday Night
The Patch ^ | 01/16/2017 | William Bornhoft

Posted on 07/16/2017 12:56:26 PM PDT by BenLurkin

Mostly clear skies combined with a sizable solar flare means residents across the Twin Cities metro have a pretty good chance at seeing the Northern Lights Sunday night. The National Weather Service's Space Weather Prediction Center has issued a G2 (moderate) Geomagnetic Storm Watch.

If you're in the southern half of Minnesota and you're able to avoid city lights, there should be a good outdoor show Sunday night.


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TOPICS: Astronomy
KEYWORDS: minnesota; northernlights

1 posted on 07/16/2017 12:56:26 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

There are strange things done in the midnight sun
By the men who moil for gold;
The Arctic trails have their secret tales
That would make your blood run cold;
The Northern Lights have seen queer sights,
But the queerest they ever did see
Was that night on the marge of Lake Lebarge
I cremated Sam McGee.


2 posted on 07/16/2017 1:11:02 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Islam: You have to just love a "religion" based on rape and sex slavery.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Some say that the Northern Lights are the glare of the Arctic ice and snow;
And some that it’s electricity, and nobody seems to know.
But I’ll tell you now—and if I lie, may my lips be stricken dumb—
It’s a mine, a mine of the precious stuff that men call radium.
I’ts a million dollars a pound, they say, and there’s tons and tons in sight.
You can see it gleam in a golden stream in the solitudes of night.
And it’s mine, all mine—and say! if you have a hundred plunks to spare,
I’ll let you have the chance of your life, I’ll sell you a quarter share.
You turn it down? Well, I’ll make it ten, seeing as you are my friend.
Nothing doing? Say! don’t be hard—have you got a dollar to lend?
Just a dollar to help me out, I know you’ll treat me white;
I’ll do as much for you some day . . . God bless you, sir; good-night.


3 posted on 07/16/2017 1:47:44 PM PDT by paint_your_wagon
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To: BenLurkin

Odd for the time of year but not unheard of.


4 posted on 07/16/2017 2:29:48 PM PDT by mylife (the roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: BenLurkin

My locale is just outside the line but I’ll be taking a look tonight and tomorrow. Forecasts are not exact. I’m not really expecting anything but it’s worth a shot.

When I lived in northern Wyoming as a kid, I once saw the aurora on a winter evening playing outside with other kids. It started out as a pink ribbon and I had an argument as to whether it was caused by the space shuttle that had launched that morning (I said no, the other kids insisted it was). It was pretty early evening, keep in mind that sundown in northern Wyoming is at 4:00 in mid-December, that’s why the east-facing ski area closes at 3:40.


5 posted on 07/16/2017 3:14:04 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Liberalism is a social disease.)
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

I’ve seen them 3x in my adult life here in southern Wisconsin and 1x up in Canada. You bet I’ll be watching, tonight! :)


6 posted on 07/16/2017 4:33:06 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set!)
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To: BenLurkin
If you go outside to look you will be fried like this poor soul....
Blnk
7 posted on 07/16/2017 8:52:23 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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