Have you seen the Aurora Borealis?

Just out of interest, did you see the green curtain effect, and were there any reddish areas, with your 1.5 observations?
Which is probably, nearer to the truth, would you say. 😉 😉
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The last time I saw it (11 years ago), it was whiteish-blueish-greenish.
A very technical description.:D
I was out walking the basset, I could ask him what he saw, but he’s colour blind.
The other times…30 or so years ago, it was more white/blue. I don’t recall much, if any, red.

Maybe….it was 1.5 times.😀

Just out of interest, did you see the green curtain effect, and were there any reddish areas, with your 1.5 observations?
Which is probably, nearer to the truth, would you say. 😉 😉
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…and the truth is somewhere in the middle. So are you sure you saw it 3 times?
😀 😀

Maybe….it was 1.5 times.😀

I’ve seen it three times…as far south as Ohio in the U.S.

Well according to your signature, there are two sides to every story, and the truth is somewhere in the middle. So are you sure you saw it 3 times?

😀 😀
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I’ve seen it three times…as far south as Ohio in the U.S.

nothing exciting for you at all i would guess… probably seeing a monkey ride a cycle would be more interesting than the Aurora seeing your location

well trying to see it without accid, I bet monkey riding a cycle is as intresting in every part of the world..

But actually they arent that common, and its a worth of look every time “the fox plays in the hills” as we say it…

Seen that millions of times, actually it was a traffic warden on a moped…:D :diablo:

heh close enough then. 😀

probably seeing a monkey ride a cycle would be more interesting than the Aurora seeing your location. 😀

Seen that millions of times, actually it was a traffic warden on a moped…:D :diablo:

I saw them in Reykjavik in November 1991. We had decided to have a winter holiday in Iceland and hoped that we would see the Aurora, and we were lucky on one night.

yeas…whats the big deal?…:rolleyes: 😉 :p 😎

nothing exciting for you at all i would guess… probably seeing a monkey ride a cycle would be more interesting than the Aurora seeing your location. 😀

I guess Steve Rowell was thinking of the Aurora too…. Shot O’ The Day from Commercial forum…

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1183104/L/

That’s quite a photo of the Aurora, as seen in mid air, most impressive!! 😎
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The Aurora always seem strongest around here (44 N approx) in August/September (also helps to live in the ‘boonies’ as I do)… even then they appear more like greenish streaks pulsing/radiating from what appears to be a point overhead.

My most interesting view was during a flight back from Asia in Feb. 04 – I think I was the only passenger awake with my face against the window – somewhere over Alaska/Yukon area – 39,000 ft. north of 60 certainly puts a different perspective on the ‘Lights’… yet I still haven’t seen any diversity in colour… always just the green stuff.

JJ

I guess Steve Rowell was thinking of the Aurora too…. Shot O’ The Day from Commercial forum…

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1183104/L/

In Winnipeg, Canada we normally “notice” the Northern Lights about three to five times each year.

The best seeing is when we are at the Cottage, 1 hour north of Winnipeg. Quite ghostly, shimmering white and a saturate faint green colour. They don’t move as fast as I thought and last maybe 15 minutes on average. The longest light show was a couple of years ago where they lasted for nearly an hour, it was a bit cold sitting on top of the roof looking at them.

Apparently if you travel further north in Manitoba to Churchill the northern lights are much more frequent and include red colours. That would be somthing to see.

Remember seeing it twice between 1998/2000…absolutely brilliant and spectacular.

mind you the first warning we had that something was going on was when our 2 way radios , being used for contact within 4/5 miles, went pear shaped..we switched to 27 mhz and could pick up all sorts of wierd stuff..one poor chap in Germany was really scared didnt know what was happening and couldnt get through to anyone…

definitely something worth seeing,.

Roscoria, I would be interested to know what part of the country you live in.
I remember the first time I saw the Northern Lights, I was living in a cottage in High Garrett, Braintree, the year was 84-85 and it was the 7th of February, I know this as it was my mates birthday.
It was a saturday night and I was putting out the milk bottles and witnessed this fantastic sight of what looked like green curtains in the sky, it was a freezing cold frosty night. I went into the house to tell my missus, who was watching the weather forecast, Michael Fish went on to tell us that some of us lucky one’s in East Anglia would be able to see the Northern Lights. We went back outside to witness my mate returning from his birthday meal in an open top TR6 sports car, they thought it was the end of the world, we all stood and watched it for hours.
Next time was 1991, probably
May or maybe later, again a saturday night and I had just played in a cricket match, I was living in Finchingfield and had a camcorder, I don’t recall it being a particularly cold night. We woke up our son to watch it and I tried to video the event, all I have it vague glows and the voice of an excited 4 year old, I remember the shapes being different that year with more different shifting colours.
Hope that helps with the dates, hav’ent seen it since, the moon eclipse was pretty good last night though.

Pete, your recollections seem to tie up with mine. Come to think of it, Saturday night seems to ring a few old bells, and so does both the years you mentioned. So it may well be, that we both saw similar events from a different perspective. I live near west London, which puts you more to the East. Interesting to note, that your description of those Aurora differ from mine, I didn’t see any green curtain effect. I am fairly certain the first one I saw, was on a frosty night, as I can remember feeling a bit cold.
The missus didn’t see the first one, but I managed to drag her from the TV, to see the second one. Needless to say, she seemed quite impressed with it all.
I had to point out the reddish area in the sky, otherwise she would not have noticed it. Although she did notice the beams of light directly above, as I pointed to them.
They looked like faint headlight beams, from what I can remember.

The Moon eclipse was certainly interesting last night. Did you notice when the Earths shadow started to appear, the edge of it was blurred. Put me right if I am wrong, but I think this was due to the Earths Atmosphere.
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yeas…whats the big deal?…:rolleyes: 😉 :p 😎

I’ve seen it frequently on the Isle of Lewis on the Outer Hebrides…:D

Very jealous of all of you!! It is something I would dearly love to see. I remember my lovely Grand-dad regaling me with his story of seeing it when he was once in Blackpool. From memory (I was very young!) I think it may have been at around the same time as Haleys comet appeared? (or Maybe he was in Blackpool to see Bill Haley and the Comets! 😀 )

On my numerous trips to Norway..specially Bodo in Northern Norway.

Perhaps you might like to describe, what it was like to see the Aurora in Norway, was there one that stood out from the rest. I remember thinking to myself, at the time of my Auroral sightings, that it was a shame other people living nearby didn’t see it. There would have been a lot of people looking for the Aurora, if news of it had been made available. 😡
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