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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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Post by jimmygrapes »

matsemann wrote: post #29

Where do people get their forecasts? I often use this one, but it's not very usable outside Norway. Great if you click into each forecast (click the image) and get more details. Like how it actually covers the sky in that location. So that I can use that to plan (doesn't matter if it's strong if it's in a direction I can't see it) https://site.uit.no/spaceweather/data-and-products/aurora/os... Used to use a NOAA page…

Generally I wake up and assess which of my body parts are experiencing issues. Pressure differentials play havoc upon internal pockets. Other than that I go outside and feel the temperature and humidity and witness the general movement (or abcence of movement) of cloud formations. I smell the air. Surprisingly, these sensations are pretty close to accurate when it comes to predicting local weather.

I am not sure how to do that for space weather yet.

Re: Most of Europe is glowing pink under the aurora

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Post by 0xcafecafe »

kzrdude wrote: post #52
relyks wrote: post #39

Are we supposed to be able to see anything in North America?

In some places yes https://services.swpc.noaa.gov/images/aurora-forecast-northe...

Italy is not shown in the forecast zone but pics are surfacing from northern parts of it. Does that mean there is hope for southern US?

Re: Most of Europe is glowing pink under the aurora

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Post by willmadden »

idlewords wrote: post #89
bsdooby wrote: post #85

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Carrington comes to mind…

That had aurora visible in Florida and Hawaii. It's going to take a little more effort from the Sun to match that.

Not for long. The earth's magnetic field is decaying at an exponential rate as the poles shift.

I believe we've spent far too much time worrying about CO2 and not nearly enough worrying about the dangers from our sun.

Re: Most of Europe is glowing pink under the aurora

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Post by sarusso »

bonzini wrote: post #8

Barely visible in Northern Italy—no pink worth calling home about—but the sky is sensibly lighter than it usually is.

This is from Trieste: https://twitter.com/_sarusso/status/1789112947165270298. Naked eye was way less bright but still well visible I would say!

Re: Most of Europe is glowing pink under the aurora

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Post by ninkendo »

Checking in from Detroit here… the aurora is actually super visible on the iPhone camera. Much more than from the naked eye (although they are slightly visible… I have a lot of light pollution around me though.)

I’m curious what causes it to come in better in my iPhones sensors… different wavelengths perhaps?

Re: Most of Europe is glowing pink under the aurora

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Post by willmadden »

mcv wrote: post #60

I 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 have to drive away from the city lights, turn off screens/lights, and let your eyes adjust. Cities are light polluted.

Re: Most of Europe is glowing pink under the aurora

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Post by sseagull »

0xcafecafe wrote: post #153
kzrdude wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In some places yes https://services.swpc.noaa.gov/images/aurora-forecast-northe...

Italy is not shown in the forecast zone but pics are surfacing from northern parts of it. Does that mean there is hope for southern US?

I dunno how far south you mean, but we see it in SW Virginia (which is outside the forecast zones that I’ve seen).

Re: Most of Europe is glowing pink under the aurora

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Post by sebastianconcpt »

grafelic wrote: post #101

I feel I need to report my experience from Denmark, Jutland. It started with white broad streaks, which most of all looked like fog, but then perhaps after 10 minutes or so, we saw colors of red, purple and green begin to emerge from the these streaks. Most astoundingly it all seemed to emanate from a fluctuating point in the middle of the sky. If you looked closely at this point you could see it fall into itself, mo…

Thank you for sharing that. I wonder at what speed the morphing happen, also a sense of proportion. Very hard to capture that in anything but direct experience.
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