Spaceweather.com says there's a massive solar storm in progress. Can someone please go outside and look at the sky? Look North and tell me what you see. (assuming there's no cloud...)
Nothing from Sheffield
can see the stars but nowt else in Silsden west yorks
Just outside Edinburgh. Sky is mostly cloudy but where I can see stars, there is no sign of an aurora.
Anybody further North. I'm in Sheffield myself so got that covered... If it wasn't for the light pollution and patchy cloud we might've been able to see it as far South as Sheffield. In 1991 I saw a very bright display from Bridlington.
I`m in Inverness.Just went and had a peek.The clouds have just about cleared and its looking quite bright up there.Not sure if i can be assed going out in the car and taking the camera...
ahh fekkit ill head out,ill report back (hopefully with pics!) later on.
I lived in Turriff (Aberdeenshire) 11 years ago at the last solar maximum. It takes quite a clear night, no moon and no light pollution to be able to see moderate aurorae. North of Turriff there's almost no street lighting all the way to the North Pole! So seeing the displays was probably a bit easier.
Go for it martinxyz!
This is the current theoretical aurora 'footprint':
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The colours are artificial. As the display occurs at great altitudes, distant watchers will see displays as far away as 50 to 80 miles, but obviously very faintly.
looking down into the village the streetlights are all off so no light polution round here - unfortunantly no aurora here 🙁
auchenblae - about 20 miles south of aberdeen
Fort William. Just looked out the front door and there is indeed a faint glow through a break in the clouds but theres too many streetlights around to say its anything other than normal…..it could also be the copious amounts of red wine I've had tonight. 🙂
Useful links:
[url= http://aurorawatch.lancs.ac.uk/ ]AurorawatchUK[/url]
Says we are on amber alert!
[url= http://spaceweather.com/ ]SpaceweatherCom[/url]
US based site.
I spent a whole year trying to see the aurora, saw about 6 displays. It was well worth it. To see these weird lights in the sky just blows your mind!
I can see something creeping over the horizon slowly here in north wales..
i saw them many years ago deveron - it was spectacular - i was only a young pup at the time but i still remember it clearly !
some strange glow coming over the horizon, all wobbly and blue, I just don't know what to do!
I am right now stood naked looking out of my well lit bedroom window, the good peoples of Bingley #yorkshire can indeed now clearly view Aurora Bollockarsis.
Bedtime for me, please post any pics you get, martinxyz!
crazzy horses WAAA-OOWW WWAA-OOWW riding everywhere
Any faint glows I get on the horizon will be burning cars, people or shops.
Any faint glows I get on the horizon will be burning cars, people or shops.
Salford ?
that'll just be the remains of the nuclear collar bomb set around Katie price going off. heheh...
i think everyone has been nice n restrained on this one considering.
I got a few pics looking over Inverness with a bright arc spanning the sky.Some of the later pics have clouds coming into the shots.Nothing spectacular but i`ll try and post them up tomorrow.
When i worked in Aviemore i remember one week driving home at night.. you could see it from the car driving on the A9 with car lights in front of you.I think over one week it was visable for about 5 days solid.
Might go out late tomorrow night too if its clear as i`d like to get some more pattern to it.These pics are glowing arcs,nowt special but worth posting.
it's subsiding but still raging. these pics are dynamic links, they update automatically:
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It may last until tonight but I doubt it, Minnesota in the USA are currently enjoying the show.
Check out the gallery here:
[url= http://spaceweather.com/aurora/gallery_01aug11.htm?PHPSESSID=k8bqgc4mvnl09f27ip0hvs4401 ]Spaceweather August Gallery[/url]
Any news on those pics martinxyz?
I've got an obsession about seeing the Aurora and have watched the Spaceweather site for a few years now. Another weird obsession is with this site: [url= http://www.subbrit.org.uk/ ]underground stuff[/url]
Did anyone get anything decent?
This chap has got it down to a fine art!
This is stunning still image time lapse as well 8)
damn, missed this. they were amazing when I lived on Orkney.
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/65460103@N08/6051567898/ ]2[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/65460103@N08/ ]martinxyz[/url], on Flickr
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/65460103@N08/6051567042/ ]Aurora arc over inverness ISO 80 2[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/65460103@N08/ ]martinxyz[/url], on Flickr
This guy on flickr is worth checking out, though the are taken in Alaska and the Yukon. Stunning photos, his wildlife ones are good too.
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/dcartiersr/322650437/ ]Auroral Storm, Tok, Alaska[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/dcartiersr/ ]David Cartier[/url], on Flickr
Hey Martinxyz, good shots. Keep watching Spaceweather.com, sign up for the alerts and then SCRAMBLE!
