Solar indigestion.
Gideon Hallett
weather alerts.
The Sun (for whatever reason) has decided to spit out 5 major (X)
flares in the last 2 days, including the most powerful one in
many years. As such, this means that there is likely to be a fair
amount of charged particles heading Earthwards; and thus a good
chance of Northern Lights. So, if you fancy seeing them, think
positive thoughts about clear weather and massive power failures;
or go somewhere like Northern Canananada and look up...
Standard disclaimer; this could all be a false alarm, or blitzed
by the weather's wilful perversity, but still...
Gideon
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Ben Hutchings
Gideon Hallett <diog...@freeuk.com> wrote:
>Word up, folks; it's another of those incredibly pointless space
>weather alerts.
>
>The Sun (for whatever reason) has decided to spit out 5 major (X)
>flares in the last 2 days, including the most powerful one in
>many years. As such, this means that there is likely to be a fair
>amount of charged particles heading Earthwards; and thus a good
>chance of Northern Lights. So, if you fancy seeing them, think
>positive thoughts about clear weather and massive power failures;
>or go somewhere like Northern Canananada and look up...
Unfortunately, I was on a plane at the time.
Fortunately, this plane was taking me from Los Angeles to London,
passing over Northern Canada, and I had a window seat.
Unfortunately, the window seat was on the right-hand side of the
plane, so my window faced south.
Fortunately, my seat was in an exit row, with no seat in front, so I
had a fairly good sleep.
Did I miss anything?
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Gideon Hallett
<womble-nos...@zzumbouk.demon.co.uk> shared with us:
>In article <atmd3a217...@news.freeuk.net>,
>Gideon Hallett <diog...@freeuk.com> wrote:
>>Word up, folks; it's another of those incredibly pointless space
>>weather alerts.
>>
<snip>
>Unfortunately, I was on a plane at the time.
>
>Fortunately, this plane was taking me from Los Angeles to London,
>passing over Northern Canada, and I had a window seat.
>
>Unfortunately, the window seat was on the right-hand side of the
>plane, so my window faced south.
>
>Fortunately, my seat was in an exit row, with no seat in front, so I
>had a fairly good sleep.
>
>Did I miss anything?
Try going to
http://www.spaceweather.com/aurora/gallery_26nov00.html and
having a gander at the photos; it's entirely likely that you did
miss something.
However, that said, it could have been anything between a small
green smudge on the horizon and a psychedelic spectacular; these
things are notoriously unpredictable and fickle.
Of course, if you're really serious about seeing them, move to
Cananada and work for e-sith. Or something...
Gideon.
(BTW; I hope nobody objects to me posting occasional posts on the
subject; I know it's not everyone's cup of tea, but it's a sight
I'd recommend seeing if you ever get the chance; see also
http://www.tuatha.org/~mpk/words/aurora.txt ...)
Paul Mc Auley
| (BTW; I hope nobody objects to me posting occasional posts on the
| subject; I know it's not everyone's cup of tea, but it's a sight
Unless there's something very wrong with my feed, they're hardly drowning
out the rest of the signal... I understand how certain other froups are
flooded, but I'd certainly be in favour of a little traffic to keep the
group from completely dropping off the scope...
Paul
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