Aurora borealis visible tonight!

[Draper Mel]

Lower Canada and the Northern U.S. may see the aurora tonight, thanks to a coronal ejection from the sun a couple days ago.

I've got a window of clear sky for a few hours tonight, but I don't hold out much hope, thanks to being in a major metropolitan area.

There's a map at the link, see if you're in a good area.

http://www.accuweather.com/en/weathe...tic-1/10107004

[LuvianBlue]

coronal ejection

sounds painful O-O

In all seriousness, despite me being in a "poor" zone, I'll be keeping an eye out. Thanks for the heads up! I've only ever seen the northern lights once before and even though it was a very brief, very weak display, it was still really pretty. I'd love to see them again.

[Caffienated_Caramel]

Darn! I'm just outta range. And it would be in the good area too.

[Greenday]

Supposed to be great for NJ. I didn't see anything when I went out around 9:30.

[kpzra]

One night they were so bright we could see them at the airport bright and clear. That part was cool, the pilots/tower getting distracted and almost crashing two 777s wasn't, nothing like seeing one juke off because there was another plane 20 feet away taking off where they were landing (opposite directions so they WOULD have crashed).

I miss seeing them driving home in the mornings from work when I lived in Alaska.

[Antares]

Cloud cover here. Color me annoyed.

[bhskittykatt]

We have a nice, thick cloud cover that isn't expected to go away in time. Damn. We're right in the range, too. One of the downsides to living here...perpetual cloud cover.

[PepperElf]

ok chalk that up to another thing on the "stuff I miss from NY" list.

Family, seasons, snow, apples, Wegmans ... and now Northern Lights. Cos down here I think it's too far south. (Although there's plenty here that I do like though)




I remember we once had ... something... directly above my house. I'm not even sure it was the Northern Lights though. It was a central light that had streaks of beams going in a circular pattern, and it slowly rotated. The beams went to all horizons. Kinda like an * pattern. but with more spokes. And rotating.

I remember being fascinated, yet also afraid too. I've never seen anything like that ever since.