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Did any of you "Far Northerners" get to see the Aurora Borialis last night?

I would love to travel to the Arctic to see this but what a disappointment if it didn't turn up.

Aurora Borialis

Woke up Monday 12 Aug. 1:00 a.m. to watch the Perseid meteor shower and found beautiful northern lights. These were taken with my iPhone using 10 sec exposures. Lasted about an hour. Totally unexpected.

Was recently viewing the Aurora on live webcam in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada by Explore.org.

These are screenshots from that live viewing episode.

Spaceweather.

THE SOLAR WIND HAS ARRIVED: As predicted, a fast-moving stream of solar wind is blowing around Earth today, Oct. 30th. The gaseous material is flowing from an equatorial hole in the sun's atmosphere. Arctic sky watchers should be alert for auroras shining through almost-full Moonlight.

Although the Solstice is generally on the 21st, I believe this year it's 3.27 am on the morning of the 22nd ... anyway I'll be having my customary 'encourage the sun back' bonfire tomorrow evening 🙂 I don't set much store by Xmas or New Year as they are just Human constructs and have changed dates to suit religious powers at their whim. The Solstice, however, is a cosmic reality beyond the wit and power of Bureaucrats and Bishops to bugger about with .... a real reference point for the changing of the seasons and the turning of the world .... to acknowledge that is to make an unfiltered link back to our ancestors.

Was perfect last year ... dry, crisp and calm with a starry sky ... this year looks like rain and 50 mph winds under a leaden sky ... will make the effort of course but may not linger round the fire swapping stories with my neighbours over a bottle of rum for long!! 🙂

K

Ps ... I can glibly avoid the Xmas commercial mayhem only because I didn't have kids ... and have my other-half who's as curmudgeonly as I am 😁

That's the Solstice Bonfire started ... sun will be back tomorrow then! 🙂




K

^^^^brilliant Richard, thanks for posting. There's loads more of him on YouTube as well. Totally mad and brilliant.

Snow still at it here ... seems to be confined to us NE folk and the Caithness-ers ... so hopefully everyone else is free to travel unmolested ... perhaps I used the wrong sort of wood on my Sun-attracting bonfire!! 😁 .... had the Landy out to pick up some meds for the Petrolhead Cat .... lots of urban 4x4s not managing much above creeping speed!🙂




K

Fine show of Nacreous Clouds here right now ... not seen them over here before ... even brighter in real life.




K

Spaceweather.

THE BIG STORM IS OVER: NOAA forecasters say that the storm is really over now. There's no chance of additional G5 activity this week because all the big CMEs have already come and gone. However, relatively minor G1 or G2-class storms are possible on May 13th in response to a glancing blow from an off target CME.

The danger could return on May 15th however. On that date the sunspot will pass through a region of the sun magnetically connected to Earth via the Parker sprial. Subatomic debris (protons and electrons) from explosions on May 15th and 16th could spiral back to Earth and rain down our planet. This is called a "radiation storm;" it can upset satellite electronics and cause polar radio blackouts.