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Glendon
11-08-2004, 07:05 AM
AURORA ALERT: If it's dark where you live, look for auroras now. An extreme geomagnetic storm is in progress, sparking Northern Lights as far south as West Virginia, Ohio, the Carolinas, Colorado and Utah.

I can see it from Central Illinois. Large patches of light are flickering across the sky. Pretty cool.

Its supposed to continue throughout the night as well as tomorrow night.

:up:

http://www.spaceweather.com/aurora/gallery_01nov04.htm

http://www.spaceweather.com/aurora/images2004/07nov04/Chumack1.jpg

Doomgaze
11-08-2004, 07:09 AM
I'd never seen them before, it was pretty cool. Nowhere near as bright as that picture, of course.

(SE Wisconsin)


EDIT: Oh, 58 second exposure. Yeah, that would do it.

Takara
11-08-2004, 07:37 AM
Ooooh! Northern Lights! I love Northern Lights! We get them pretty often up here.

Too bad it's cloudy at the moments. I can't see them well. :(