Auroras (Northern Lights; Polar Lights)

[RaM]

We could be set for another tonight about midnight.

 

[RaM]

Northern lights are active again over Morecambe bay from the local face book
the bright lights on the horizon are at Barrow about 18 miles away.

 

[Krepostnoi]

No sign of them from Otley Chevin this evening.

This is a stunning photo:

 

[Frideswide]

This is a stunning photo:

not working for me?

 

[Mythopoeika]

not working for me?

Or me.

 

[Krepostnoi]

not working for me?

Or me.

My apologies. How about now?. I can never see the aurora when I want to, either.

 

[RaM]

Works now

 

[eburacum]

My friend posted this; apparently it is STEVE, a newly identified kind of aurora.
Seen last night at a fireworks display in Easingwold.

More details here
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67331747

When my friend posted this, my daughter jumped in her car and drove out into the hills and saw it too.

 

[RaM]

This was on the local Face ache last night looking out over Morecambe Bay,
lots of solar activity yesterday many reports of problems with mobile phones
and internet in the areas.

 

[RaM]

Taken from Rossall near Fleetwood last night found on local face ache.

 

[RaM]

Another one over Morecambe Bay last night.

 

[charliebrown]

Urgent change in solar storm forecast.

The government has changed this weekend solar storm from G2 to severe G4.

I don’t believe it but the Northern Lights could be seen as far south as Alabama.

If this happens people will be screaming “ green Martians “ have landed call out the National Guard.

The sun spot is 15 earths wide and has some crazy magnetic forces going on and getting stronger.

 

[RaM]

Over the bay tonight

 

[RaM]

Our local as your unlikely to see it again

 

[skinny]

Got them here in Adelaide too. I didn’t see them. Never have. Maybe tomoza.

 

[skinny]

Our local as your unlikely to see it again
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There’s a pot of something tasty at the end of that skybow.

 

[blessmycottonsocks]

And I paid to go all the way to Iceland to see a display less impressive than that!

 

[catseye]

Am peed off! I knew nothing about the lights being visible last night. Took the dog out and the clouds were all swirly and there was lots going on up in the sky (we've no light pollution here). This morning my son sent me some fabulous pictures he and his fiancee took last night out and about and it seems that I 'saw' the lights without seeing them. There was no colour at all, just wisps. Apparently I have to try with my phone set on 3 sec exposure to actually get colour.

I am out there tonight if it kills me.... I've always wanted to see the Northern Lights!

 

[RaM]

Lot's of pics on local Face Ach here, when looking straight up it was like a massive
gelly fish hanging above us.

 

[Erinaceus]

I missed them. There are some spectacular photos on the local FB pages. It's amazing it was so bright on the Channel coast.

 

[Swifty]

I missed them. There are some spectacular photos on the local FB pages. It's amazing it was so bright on the Channel coast.

I missed them as well. I've been told it might happen again tonight, here's someone's FB pic taken over our pier.

 

[Mythopoeika]

Music to listen to while you admire the lights...

 

[Lord Lucan]

I missed them as well. I've been told it might happen again tonight, here's someone's FB pic taken over our pier.

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Stunning! We're having them down here tonight, but it's been pouring rain all night so no Aurora Australis for us. However, I've seen some amazing images from Victoria & Tasmania.

 

[RaM]

Aren't yours Sothern Lights?

 

[AnonyJ]

Some photos of the recent aurora borealis lights in the south west of England, from friends and relations

West Bay, Dorset:

Cerne Abbas, Giant's Hill:

Caused by an intense geomagnetic storm (solar storm) which can also affect infrastructure

From https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1ej1kk0d88o

"...The extreme geomagnetic storm that happened on Friday was classed as the highest G5.

Storms of this scale could potentially impact infrastructure, including satellites and the power grid, the NOAA warned.

The last big G5 storm caused a power outage in Sweden, but there have been no reports of disruption so far. "The energy industry plans for a range of events far and wide - including into space,” Ross Easton, a spokesperson for Energy Networks Association said, adding that space forecasts were being monitored carefully over the weekend...."

 

[Iris]

Picture sent by my granddaughter in Victoria.

 

[Xanatic*]

I reckon it is marketing for the Eurovision Song Contest.

 

[DrPaulLee]

I managed to get this working, showing the output of the OVATION auroral oval computer model. It should be self explanatory

http://www.paullee.com/misc/aurora/auroramap.php

 

[Amergin]

From here (Durham) the central rosette took on the shape of a bird or angel. It was really dramatic. I think this feature was centred over the North East region? Apologies for the neighbour’s soil pipe intruding into the shot!

 

[Amergin]

From here (Durham) the central rosette took on the shape of a bird or angel. It was really dramatic. I think this feature was centred over the North East region? Apologies for the neighbour’s soil pipe intruding into the shot!