I saw this in the Denver area in Colorado, US an hour and a half ago. I looked up and couldn’t believe the sky was red. Took me a while to realize it was the aurora borealis. Very cool!
Pics I took in Denver!
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#82Earlier quoted context omitted.
Note to non-UK readers: Most of the time when someone says they are in the “North East of the UK” it’s not some Scotsman up in Shetland it is an English person who is currently in the North East of England. The North East of England is in the middle part of the UK mainland.
Similarly, the part of your body commonly referred to as “the bottom” is in fact closer to half-way down and not at the bottom at all. I will leave any possible joke about being legless after a night out in Newcastle-upon-Tyne to the experts.
"Most of the time when someone says they are in the “North East of the UK” it’s not some Scotsman up in Shetland it is an English person who is currently in the North East of England."
So you think this is simply wrong? (Like this)
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#83Down in Victoria, Australia. Looks like the clouds should clear just in time for night fall and a decent show. Very cool.
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Another addition to Falsehoods programmers believe about time. A scary one.
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#86I'm disappointed I missed it, I had disabled my Aurora phone alert after it woke me up for a 1% chance of seeing it a few weeks ago. I saw a bit of light in SE Michigan at about 1:30 AM EST, but just a tinge of green.
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You lose GPS, which breaks real-time power grid management
Why? Power infrastructure isn't moving, and ntp is plenty accurate enough for timekeeping here; no need for GPS clocks.
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#88I'm in Ireland and went out last night to try and find it, last year I got some spectacular photos from my bedroom window. Alas it only peaked as it was over the US so sadly I missed out.
Ireland is far enough north that we actually get the aurora somewhat regularly. We rarely have clear skies though, making it a true "planets align" thing to actually see it.
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#90Too bad, it's not about a wristwatch that displays geomagnetic storms.