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Are you able to see the aurora borealis from where you are tonight?

The Northern Lights are not so northern tonight! According to my favorite Alabama weather blog, "A major geomagnetic storm tonight has produced a rare display of the Northern Lights as far south as Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Tennessee tonight." (You can read more and see pics here: http://www.alabamawx.com/?p=53854)

Here in central Alabama, I'm able to see a very faint reddish glow--although truthfully, if I hadn't seen news about it, I probably would've just assumed it to be far off city lights. Take a look outside--can you see anything?

by heyjoie
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I wonder if I'll be seeing them here in Shandong once the earth rotates a little more. I'm sitting just about on the same latitude line as Alabama :)

dmaz
7 months ago

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Not here, but I'm towards the east coast with all that light pollution. It's also a bit cloudy this evening so that pretty much seals the deal.

I don't feel too bad about it. I've seen and photographed the aurora on a trip to Alaska. It would still be nice to see them from the warmth of my house though.

travelchic75
7 months ago

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we in wahsington get 2 see them quite often ... but for the mid east, has 2 to be cool. i grew up in michigan and never seen it till i moved to washington when i was 30 .

drivebypaint
7 months ago

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I'm in the East-coast light pollution situation myself, but I just thought I'd contribute the following link for those that might be interested in such things:

http://www.nasa.gov/topics/shuttle_station/features/20110917-aurora.html

A video made from time-lapse images taken from the ISS as it passed over an aurora. :)

psaux
7 months ago

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@psaux: thats pretty sweet

eeekdageek
7 months ago

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