Northern Lights
Just back from a meeting out West, so I got the full effects. Don't think I've ever seen them this spectacular.
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I've never seen them 360 degrees like this before.
And dancing all around. Not much for colour though. |
Super cool
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First time we have saw them out here in Nordegg. Way different from what we saw before, they almost looked like they were diffused.
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Little happening 2 night,
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Damn, just went out and I guess I missed them
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My wife always misses them and it drives her nuts lol
She has only seen faint washed out northern lights |
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Years ago when I worked in Kamchatka Russia we would get northern lights shows quit often, they were beautiful and some nights you could actually feel the static electricity in the air especially when it was really cold
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I can still remember seeing some awesome light streaks in the night sky when I was just a kid (about 10-11) living in Sioux Lookout. I would sneak outside and watch em. Fast forward to 17 yrs old riding my motorbike going camping and fishing around the Parry Sound area, had the pleasure of some awesome night lights again. For the truly never leave the city folk, take the time and get out and observe what our earth and sky has to offer. Will cost you some fuel and give you a lifetime memory.
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Yeah they perked up again a few times last night, definitely in the top 5 shows I’ve seen, too bad I’m no good with the camera and technology because the pics I did take didn’t do it justice.
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Not the best pic quality, but wifey took a few last night. Pretty nice show!...:)
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From the hot tub last night.
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Grizz |
A freind of mine from central Alberta was messaging me last night about the view of the northern lights from his farm... I desperately wanted to drive out of town to look at them, but was stuck on a production outage... :sign0176:
Thanks for the pictures - some amazing light shows! |
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https://i.postimg.cc/Qtr9mkP3/C5-F74...D2-CB46-D5.jpg And this one wasn’t anticipated. I kept taking a random look now and then from the north facing window after seeing this thread. There were some bleak lights, but nothing special, every day type of thing. Eventually, I came outside, around 12:30AM. Of course, I looked north and same thing, maybe a bit mote than “regular”. I then looked south and jebus… the sky was lit up! https://i.postimg.cc/yYKS4HVz/DF7-BC...30397-CAD9.jpg Not the biggest I have seen, but it was quite a show. Spread back north via west and east, met in the middle, etc. I took a good video, but not many pics. It was pretty cool and I haven’t seen one of this magnitude in a while. Hopefully, it will last a couple of days, but the “big” one is likely behind us. As for the mostly green colour, in my experience, the bigger it is and the closer you are to it, the greener it is. Most of the other colours come out at the edges when it “runs” and when the “hole” opens up in the middle of the sky above. That is why most of the photos you see taken somewhere south have some nice pink, purple, whatever colours and pictures from the north all are pretty much green for the most part. This was a pretty big solar storm that doesn’t happen often. Glad I was able to catch it. If I didn’t step outside at that moment, I’d likely miss it. I went out a few more times later and caught a little more, but it wasn’t as spectacular. There likely were moments, but one had to be there at the right time. https://i.postimg.cc/85v6Rkbj/E2-C77...436-CB76-B.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/T2CDnsVj/6-EB1-...93-E2-DC36.jpg Cassiopeia above the lights: https://i.postimg.cc/25nYn3tq/9-A42-...216-FE1000.jpg One of the things I am going to miss most about this place when we move… |
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I also know people who were born and raised here in town and have never seen any lights at all. Seems crazy, but some people never look up. |
I wouldn't have seen it, but some random person pulled up in the approach across from my house and I couldn't figure out what they were doing.
I went out to investigate this suspicious behavior, and all of the sudden it was pretty obvious what they were looking at. If they wouldn't have done that, I probably would have missed it. I made my kids all come out to look, and they all said "meh" and went back inside. Tough crowd... |
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https://youtu.be/mJCytV7PUzk :confused0024: |
No matter..... Most will never enjoy or get to see what we have had the pleasure to observe. Sucks to be them, cause they will never venture out to see the spectacular free visual experience we have all enjoyed. Love all the pics for sure. Wish I was still in Sioux Lookout....
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So, beside the fact that most of the auroras tend to occur in the green “oxygen spectrum” (100-300km above the ground), and, hence, aren’t easily observed but at the northern latitudes, it is basically like standing in front a super tall building. Even when there is an epic storm, those of us closer to it, we mostly observe a lot of green and some pink above (and below, depending on the storm) because we cannot clearly see the top of the building. Those more south, on the other hand, cannot see the green part because it is covered by the earth (because it is round, despite that some believe it is flat, lol), rather they see a lot less green than we do here if the storm is as epic as it was a few days ago, but see a lot more pink and red above because the top of the building is pretty clear for them to see. Not exactly the same, but something like that. There is your “nerd” thing for the night, lol. Quote:
This one they said reached all the way to Florida! Something they say that didn't happen for about 2 decades. |
If this baby stays put till lights out (they are saying it should last for days), we should be in for quite a display. Not necessarily, but definitely a huge potential.
https://i.postimg.cc/1zsTxLPH/C4-AD4...409-DC0-D8.jpg Those interested should be on the look out. A little cloudy here today, which sucks big time. |
Last night was clear as a bell, hopefully tonight can be too.
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It's getting overcast here. What direction should I be looking? North East?
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Sky is completely covered here now. Kind of feels like it is going to rain, lol. Too bad. Euros are reporting quite some lights and fairly far south. |
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