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Post number 6684

clockwork — Fri, 30 Mar 2001 22:59:10 -0800

Aurora Borealis... in Santa Fe, NM i'm up late writing a paper and chanced to look out the window, only to see red gaseous-looking clouds in the sky... I know it seems absurd to see the northern lights in the southwest, but this map almost makes it appear possible, probably because of the altitude... if i see four horsemen though, i'm running like hell.

By: netbros

netbros — Fri, 30 Mar 2001 23:29:12 -0800

From MSNBC (because it was quick and easy): "The sunspot group and its resulting solar flare and eruptions developed Wednesday and early Thursday morning. Traveling at speeds in excess of a million miles (1.6 million kilometers) per hour and traversing the 93 million miles (149.7 million kilometers) from the sun to Earth, the energy could reach our planet as soon as late Friday."

By: Mo Nickels

Mo Nickels — Sat, 31 Mar 2001 04:14:40 -0800

Also, BBC.

By: Aaaugh!

Aaaugh! — Sat, 31 Mar 2001 06:39:04 -0800

And APOD, too.

By: crushed

crushed — Sat, 31 Mar 2001 07:31:13 -0800

Sorry, off-topic: Cool points to anyone who can name what this quote is from: "Aurora Borealis; shinin' down in Dallas; can ya picture that."

By: frednorman

frednorman — Sat, 31 Mar 2001 08:08:57 -0800

Crushed: "Can You Picture That?" (From the muppet movie). Where do I collect my points?

By: silusGROK

silusGROK — Sat, 31 Mar 2001 09:31:19 -0800

I was out last night and saw them too... amazing. What I wouldn't give to have been in Rejkyavik last night. Absolutely gorgeous.

By: crushed

crushed — Sat, 31 Mar 2001 09:47:12 -0800

fred, you rock. I'm sending the points to you now, telepathically. =D

By: SpecialK

SpecialK — Sat, 31 Mar 2001 10:10:13 -0800

I wonder if anyone who was up north took pictures?

By: aflakete

aflakete — Sat, 31 Mar 2001 10:57:10 -0800

Space Weather has galleries here and here. I wish I'd been looking last night--I heard Flagstaff had color, I'm 60 miles south of there.

By: sugarfish

sugarfish — Sat, 31 Mar 2001 11:34:18 -0800

for god's sake, the first weekend i leave albuquerque in weeks and i miss a light show in the sky. this seems to be the story of my life.

By: aaron

aaron — Sat, 31 Mar 2001 11:34:19 -0800

It was raining here last night, damn it.

And I'd like to be in Rejkyavik any night. That place rocks.

By: poorhouse

poorhouse — Sat, 31 Mar 2001 12:58:33 -0800

Yea, I saw them last night, too ... in the San Francisco Bay Area ... I used to live in British Columbia, Canada, so I knew what to look for, but I never expected so them this far down south.