Anyone seen these for real?

Wonderful sight – in the Shetlands a couple of times and in Northern Norway.

[QUOTE=nJayM;1786675]Anyone seen these for real?

I must see No 2 – Northern lights from Norway in the next few years
Hey, Jay, you may meet up with WACO, he recons he is going there, sorry to Pi** on your holiday;)
Jim.

Lincoln .7

Come on Jay….lets not drag every thread to that one topic. :rolleyes:

I have a good story to share, in 1996 I, as a young lad, went to Bhutan on a Druk Air BAe 146. We were only 6 passengers on the flight with four us from my own family. On the way to Thimpu you get some of the most spectacular views one can imagine. The captain of the 146 after take off spent some time talking to my dad in the cabin. He decided to take a little detour and we did two complete rounds around Everest and Kanchunjunga in the 146. It was an awe-inspiring experience.

Northern Lights…seen them in Bodo, Norway. Its an indescribable phenomenon.

And likewise in proximity to pic 4 – base camp at the foot of Mt Everest…

There’s nothing like a good display of the Northern Lights on a cold Winter night for pointedly reminding you of your place in the Universe. 🙂

And likewise in proximity to pic 4 – base camp at the foot of Mt Everest…makes you realise how humble one really is.

(A place I’d love to go to but the thought of flying in is the panicky bit – terrible reputation at Lukla for crashes)

IMO all leading world politicians should be made to make the journey and stand there at Base Camp to realise how helpless they really are in controlling the world.

Aurora Borealis (or Hairypairobollox in old Scots!) is seen on most winter nights in northern Scotland if you can get away from city or town light pollution – from memory the stats are in the region of 162 Auroral nights of the year up here.

That’s nearly half the year (in nights) visibility from around your patch near Forres.:)

I was working nights at Phillips in Cambridge many years ago & they were visible from there one night. I hear they were sacrificing virgins out at Fen Ditton when it freaked out the webfooted locals..

Watched a red aurora about 10 years ago in Cornwall, always look to the same part of the sky but not seen one since.

Saw the Aurora for the first time whilst flying from Canada back to the UK and again sometime in the late 80’s from Bristol.
Added some useful links that may help you observe the Aurora.
Ian

http://aurorawatch.lancs.ac.uk/
http://www.spaceweather.com/
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/

I saw the Northern Lights on a holiday in Iceland in November 1991.

Saw them often as a child in Northumberland ,bedroom window faced North,never drew the curtains!Very little light pollution as I faced fields so got a good display on many occasions.Good days!!!

Yes, I’ve seen them a couple of times.
Our local weather person on TV said there were a lot of sunspots last week, so we could see some soon.

There’s nothing like a good display of the Northern Lights on a cold Winter night for pointedly reminding you of your place in the Universe. 🙂

Only seen it once, whilst in the Highlands. Mother Nature can sure put on a display when she wants, metaphoricaly speaking.

Jim.

Lincoln .7

The lights have been seen as far south as the Essex/Suffolk borders. If you
had a good view of the horizon.

Aurora Borealis (or Hairypairobollox in old Scots!) is seen on most winter nights in northern Scotland if you can get away from city or town light pollution – from memory the stats are in the region of 162 Auroral nights of the year up here.
I can remember working at Heathrow one night when a stunning Auroral display was overhead and well to the south, visible even through the light pollution – maybe in the late 1980s?