Posted on 11/30/2023 10:57:35 AM PST by Red Badger
The glow of the aurora may appear over part of the United States Thursday night into Friday morning, potentially as far south as Pennsylvania and Colorado.
An aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights, is seen in the night sky in the early morning hours of Monday, April 24, 2023, near Washtucna, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Seeing the glow of the northern lights is a bucket list item for many, and some people may soon have their dreams come true as the aurora could glow over more than a dozen states on Thursday night.
Earlier this week, an eruption on the sun hurled a massive cloud of charged particles toward the Earth, an event known as a coronal mass ejection (CME). NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center said that a "strong geomagnetic storm" is likely as the CME slams into Earth's magnetic field.
Events this powerful can allow people as far south as Pennsylvania, Missouri, Colorado and Northern California to see the glow of the celestial lights with their own eyes.
To the naked eye, the aurora will look like a green or red glow in the northern sky.
The northern lights may be seen even farther south by photographers who take long-exposure images of the night sky, as cameras can capture more light over an extended period when compared to human eyes.
Earlier this year during a similar, but stronger, geomagnetic storm, photographers as far south as Arizona snapped images of the lights.
Cloudy weather could spoil the show Thursday night The weather could be problematic for many folks across the northern half of the United States who have hopes of catching a glimpse of the aurora on Thursday night or Friday morning.
Widespread clouds are in the forecast for most of the Northwest and northern Rockies, but breaks in the clouds should provide some views of the northern sky for skywatchers across parts of the Plains.
Clouds are also a concern for the Ohio Valley and into the Northeast. There could be some breaks in the clouds around southern New England, but residents in these areas will need to escape the light pollution from nearby cities to have a chance at seeing the aurora.
The best viewing conditions are predicted across the Canadian Prairies and into Ontario, Minnesota, northern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
Another factor that could hinder the light show is the moon, which is in its waning gibbous phase. The moon will rise during the middle of the night, emitting bright light that could make it more difficult to see the glow of the aurora.
For the best chance of seeing the aurora, experts recommend having a clear view of the northern sky and keeping the bright moon out of your line of sight.
Charlton Heston played Moses as a strong stalwart character.
Moses wasn’t either of those things.
He stuttered, or had some speech problem:
Exodus 4:10-12 | King James Version
10 And Moses said unto the Lord, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.
11 And the Lord said unto him, Who hath made man’s mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the Lord?
12 Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.
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He was basically a meek and quiet person.
Numbers 12:3 | King James Version
3 (Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.)
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We see them in Western NY one Sunday night after church in the ‘60s. It was so odd; we didn’t have a clue what was going on.
You want nightmares start looking up CME’s and how often major ones have happened in the past.
3 (Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.)<<<
Which all goes to explain why Moses was the
Man On Sinai Educating Sheep
😇
In early 1969 I was on an Indian reservation about 150 miles north of Edmonton. It was about 10 pm and about 20 below zero (kind of warm for that time of year). As we were driving back to our apartment in Lac La Biche, we could see the Northern Lights above us. The local Indians had told us if we stopped and whistled toward the lights they would come down to us.
To test their claim we stopped got out of the car and whistled. Danged if the lights actually did descend toward us. That experience remains one of my top 5 natural wonders life experiences. The best I can describe the lights would be as moving shower curtains, folding over themselves, in red, purple, blue, white and green cascading up and down as they moved laterally. It appeared those curtains descended until they were only 100 or so feet above us. I could actually hear the lights moving. I speculate what I heard was ice crystals colliding in the air, the sound was an icy “swoosh” as if a plastic curtain was being dragged across a floor. Absolutely stunning!
There are strange things
Done in the midnight son
By the men who toil for gold,
And the northern lights
Have seen queer sights
That would make your
Blood run cold.
There are strange things
Done in the midnight son
By the men who toil for gold,
And the northern lights
Have seen queer sights
That would make your
Blood run cold.
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