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Re: Most of Europe is glowing pink under the aurora

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Post by idlewords »

davidw wrote: post #35
secondcoming wrote: post #7

This shows a scientific view of it: https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/space/surface/level/an...

Does it shift around? It's quite absent in the western US and Canada right now: https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/space/surface/level/an... Of course, it's still a beautiful sunny warm day too where I am so it'll be 5 hours or so before it's dark enough to see it.

The auroral oval stays roughly the same but the Earth rotates under it.

Re: Most of Europe is glowing pink under the aurora

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Post by penteract »

docapotamus wrote: post #22

I live in rural very northern England. It’s incredible, clear with the naked eye. iPhone 14 camera with 3s exposure is out of this world (pun intended, but misleading)

In less rural northern England, it was faintly visible to me. If I hadn't been looking for the aurora specifically, I would have assumed it was a weird cloud. After walking a bit away from street lights I could make out a south facing arc spanning the sky directly overhead which went away within a few minutes.

Re: Most of Europe is glowing pink under the aurora

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Post by davidw »

idlewords wrote: post #91
davidw wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Does it shift around? It's quite absent in the western US and Canada right now: https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/space/surface/level/an... Of course, it's still a beautiful sunny warm day too where I am so it'll be 5 hours or so before it's dark enough to see it.

The auroral oval stays roughly the same but the Earth rotates under it.

Cool! That means if it stays stable, it's headed our way on a very clear evening here. Fingers crossed...

Re: Most of Europe is glowing pink under the aurora

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Post by freshpretzels »

idlewords wrote: post #91
davidw wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Does it shift around? It's quite absent in the western US and Canada right now: https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/space/surface/level/an... Of course, it's still a beautiful sunny warm day too where I am so it'll be 5 hours or so before it's dark enough to see it.

The auroral oval stays roughly the same but the Earth rotates under it.

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Re: Most of Europe is glowing pink under the aurora

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Post by grsmvg »

andrepd wrote: post #76
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're in the most light-polluted region of the continent. Unlikely you can see anything I'd wager x)

I saw visible pink bands from my balcony in Amsterdam, showing bright pink fading to green when looking through my iPhone. And yes, lots of light pollution here. Shows how crazy strong this northern light was.
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