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The Aurora Show is ON
The SUN
Posted on 10/29/2003 1:02:10 AM PST by per loin
IMPACT: The coronal mass ejection described below has reached Earth (at approximately 0630 UT on Oct. 29th) and apparently triggered a strong geomagnetic storm. Red auroras have been spotted as far south as central California. Stay tuned for updates.
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To: per loin
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posted on
10/29/2003 3:32:29 AM PST
by
per loin
To: per loin
It's quite bright. Looks like a false dawn all across the northern horizon. I just see blue-green color now, I don't see any pink and rose like I did earlier.
Ah, there's nothing like watching a bunch of excited air molecules in the wee hours of the morning, is there?
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posted on
10/29/2003 3:33:24 AM PST
by
Siegfried
(I ain't gonna work on Bill Gates' farm no more!)
To: Siegfried
No lines or curtains here yet either, just the green, but it's still hours 'till dawn.
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posted on
10/29/2003 3:35:49 AM PST
by
per loin
To: Siegfried
Location?
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posted on
10/29/2003 3:38:28 AM PST
by
per loin
To: per loin
I'm sure we're far too south to see them (in Raleigh, NC), unfortunately..............but I'll NEVER forget flying night missions out of Fairbanks, AK back in the day and literally flying right under the aurora borealis. Happened twice to me........and it was the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. This huge, grayish-green, filligreed curtain of light. Who would have thought that you could actually fly under it, past it.........like it is literally a curtain in the sky???
To: per loin
I'm sittin here in The Dalles with a terrific, wide open view to the north from the picture window in my living room.
I wonder how those guys up in the space station are taking this? I once read a story by an astronaut saying he'd try to stay close to the battery banks (full of lead plates) when they went through solar storms. Must be having a doozy up there right now, or maybe later today.
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posted on
10/29/2003 3:45:12 AM PST
by
Siegfried
(I ain't gonna work on Bill Gates' farm no more!)
To: Siegfried
And you've got dark skies there! I've Seattle just north of me, and many lights all around. Wish they'd throw the main switch for the night.
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posted on
10/29/2003 3:51:59 AM PST
by
per loin
To: per loin
Nothing yet in Central Calif. BUT I live way out in the country so I'll check a little later
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posted on
10/29/2003 6:00:49 PM PST
by
clamper1797
(Conservative by nature ... Republican in Spirit ... Patriot by Heart ... and Anti Liberal BY GOD)
To: per loin
We may have another good night tonight as well. We have some cloud cover right now, but with this wind, maybe it will blow out of here.
To: per loin
The light show of a lifetime...and it's overcast. Figures.
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
Yeah, overrcast here too, but I'll post a chart that will at least give a bit of intellectual thrill over what 's going on:
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posted on
10/29/2003 8:55:55 PM PST
by
per loin
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