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Re: Most of Europe is glowing pink under the aurora

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Post by mypalmike »

retrac wrote: post #131

If you want the best possible view with the naked eye, give them a chance to adapt to the dark properly. The human eye is about 100,000 more sensitive after an hour in total darkness. A smartphone screen or car headlight is enough to undo it.

Yup. Here in the city of Seattle, I went to a park where there were lots of people and unfortunately, lots of light. I could see some wispy light in the sky, and it was interesting to look at but not very dynamic.

After I got home, I just laid down in the grass in the back yard where it's fairly dark. After about 15 minutes, I had a pretty good view of what looked a bit like streaky clouds throughout the sky. It was still somewhat faint but the movement was fantastic to watch.

Re: Most of Europe is glowing pink under the aurora

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Post by anileated »

samus wrote: post #287
beretguy wrote: post #270

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That’s what I want to know but everybody just talks about how pretty it is. I want to know if it was dangerous to our electronics, and if not then how close it came to being dangerous, you know, small things like that.

If it was dangerous, we would know by now. As it is, we are still able to use the internet. Major outages would be all over the news.

The current storm hit G5 (https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/news/g5-conditions-observed), it’s officially “off the charts” if it gets any stronger.

By the time you cannot use Internet, it’s too late—and it won’t be all over the news because guess how we make/broadcast/receive them. Worst case you won’t even get a radio transmission through.

Re: Most of Europe is glowing pink under the aurora

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Post by ta1243 »

cinntaile wrote: post #252
joshvm wrote: post #194

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Currently pretty good at the South Pole. The pink skies are wild. Green auroras are fairlty common over the winter, but it's unusual for it to be this red. If you're interested in a real time video, here's one I captured a few weeks ago from our "back yard" (excuse the Instagram link) https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6T27pEO7dQ/?igsh=eXJyOGtuY2l...

Unrelated but why are you at the South Pole?

All the cool people are there

Re: Most of Europe is glowing pink under the aurora

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Post by will1am »

bamboozled wrote: post #124

The earth is the greatest spaceship we’ll ever know. Complete magic is this phenomenon. Feels like one is engulfed in the Aurora when it’s strong. First time I experienced it the arctic circle actually scared me.

It's really damn beautiful, but it's scary. Whenever there are events on Earth that aren't typical of nature at regular times for some reason I always think it's not a good sign..

Re: Most of Europe is glowing pink under the aurora

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Post by clmul »

teekert wrote: post #245
sagischwarz wrote: post #215

Here are some phone pics from my home village in Germany: https://www.nowhereinparticular.xyz/polarlichter.html This was a once-in-a-lifetime experience. My brother, who is a hobby astronomer, called me and sent me outside. Initially, I saw only a faint red glow in the northeast of the sky, but after a few minutes, my eyes adapted and I could see how it slowly moved and changed its form over time. I stayed outside fo…

In southern Netherlands at the coast, with a 10 sec exposure, iPhone 12 mini, main cam, I was able to see some pink and green with streaks. To my eyes it was like faint clouds that changed to quickly to be clouds, better visible when I didn’t look straight at them. Your pics are something else, but what was it like to your eyes?

In the east of the Netherlands I was seeing something similar to what you describe, but when particularly active I also saw a reddish glow in places. This is a timelapse I made around the same time: https://imgur.com/a/kloWEOl

Re: Most of Europe is glowing pink under the aurora

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Post by clmul »

DoingIsLearning wrote: post #132
complex_pi wrote: post #66

Well visible in Belgium starting around 23:30 ! Even with the naked eye ! (From outside the city)

Still true now? In the netherlands hard to tell anything. Certainly nothing on the level of the Swiss pictures being shared.

Around 1 AM at night this was the view in the east of the Netherlands: https://imgur.com/a/kloWEOl

With the naked eye I could see moving bright "clouds", and sometimes see streaks of red inside them. After 1:30 it died out quite rapidly for me.

Re: Most of Europe is glowing pink under the aurora

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Post by clmul »

fransje26 wrote: post #242
consp wrote: post #15

Most 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.

> we also have the artificial sunrise here 24/7 by means of greenhouses. That's a Dutch thing. You can choose between being a great exporter of unripe, tasteless tomatoes, or seeing Aurora Borealis, but you can't have both..

This is what I could see with my camera in the east of the Netherlands, and even with the naked eye I could easily see some red at times: https://imgur.com/a/kloWEOl

Re: Most of Europe is glowing pink under the aurora

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Post by pelagicAustral »

tracyhenry wrote: post #136
pelagicAustral wrote: post #125

I'm in the southern hemisphere (near Antarctica) and the sight is absolutely insane, almost terrifying... its a bright red aurora. Never seen anything like it.

please post a photo!

I was out last night, but here you go: https://ibb.co/68hPjRT
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