Is that happening because Earth is loosing its magnetic field and the end is near? ;)
Pretty sure we get aurorae because we have a strong magnetic field...
Most of Europe is glowing pink under the aurora
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Re: Most of Europe is glowing pink under the aurora
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#73Is there a map of the world showing where it should be visible? I wonder how far I would need to drive.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40324332
I can’t tell what to make of that. It looks normal northern to me but people are saying it’s going to be visible in Alabama tonight.
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#74Wow, I just went outside (South West of France) to plug the car for charging before going to bed. I noticed unusual, faint light patterns in the night sky, like long spikes coming from the North. It was not the Milky Way, we can see every clear night. Color was mostly gray slightly pink. Wondered what was that ... My first aurora !!!
Go take some photos with your camera -- it will pick up brilliant colours from what looks like super dim/grey "clouds/glow" to our eyes :)
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#75Wow! Check out the view from the Jungfraujoch in Switzerland! https://www.jungfrau.ch/en-gb/live/webcams/#webcam-jungfrauj...
Doesn’t look like that in reality. If I take a photo on my phone here in the UK midlands I get pink and green in all directions with a 3 second exposure. However with just the naked eye it’s like super high level clouds
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#76I heard the aurora would be visible in Netherland, so living in Amsterdam I just went outside to check. Nothing. Maybe some very vague lighter bands in some places? Cities have too much light for this sort of thing.
You're in the most light-polluted region of the continent. Unlikely you can see anything I'd wager x)
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#77Here are some visual tools NASA provides: https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/
Re: Most of Europe is glowing pink under the aurora
#78Is that happening because Earth is loosing its magnetic field and the end is near? ;)
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#79Most of Europe == Not covered by light polution. (and specific areas) (it's orange outside and it's sodium vapor related) edit: kind of whish I was at my parent's place. It's a lot less poluted but no go here; nw europe densly populated, we also have the artificial sunrise here 24/7 by means of greenhouses.
I could see faint streaks from central Berlin. No doubt it’d look better from a deep darkness but even in the city it can be seen tonight.
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#80Is that happening because Earth is loosing its magnetic field and the end is near? ;)
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