Northern Lights tonight
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6 earth directed CME's (Coronal Mass Ejections) have begun to strike earth, creating the largest solar storm in years... even Australia is getting in on the action! So keep an eye to the sky tonight!!!
Kp index of 7.5 is usually enough to make the N. Lights visible in mid latitudes;
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Looks like they could just
Looks like they could just barely make it down to my location.
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Northies get all the best
Northies get all the best light shows.
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cloudy here, grrr
cloudy here, grrr
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I'll hoist one for Lites!
I'll hoist one for Lites! Cheers!
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Ah, Lites. Sweet thought,
Ah, Lites. Sweet thought, 710.
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Went up to Marys Peak,
Went up to Marys Peak, spectacular show, camera didn't do it justice! Came back down to the valley and it was still going on...
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In the last 10 months I've
In the last 10 months I've had 2 major floods, a full eclipse, and the Aurora. I can legitimately start a religion based on all that.
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Sick
Sick
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It was hard to get a bad pic.
It was hard to get a bad pic.
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> I can legitimately start a
> I can legitimately start a religion based on all that.
Your pot plant that ended up in a tree because of the flood (and was later harvested iirc) is easily equivalent to a burning bush.
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Holy shit, just hours into
Holy shit, just hours into the religion and we already have's iconography!
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this was from Blue Jacket ,
this was from Blue Jacket , Oklahoma last night...about 30 minutes north of me.
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Missed it last night. What
Missed it last night. What are the odds this evening?
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From Sacramento Reddit
From Sacramento Reddit
The solar storm is still ongoing and will not slow down until at least Sunday afternoon. If you missed the lights last night, you can catch them tonight or tomorrow morning.
The Space Weather Prediction Center predicted storm levels reaching G4 yesterday, and they actually reached G5. They are now predicting G5 levels, which would bring aurora as far south as Alabama.
EDIT: Going to edit to provide info on the most asked questions:
WHEN: Sometime between 10 PM and 5 AM, with peak expected around 5 AM. Morning twilight begins around 4 AM, the real window is between 10 PM and 4 AM. You can visit this page at the Space Weather Prediction Center to get an idea of current conditions. A K-index of 8 or higher is a "go" for aurora this far south.
WHERE: You need to be somewhere dark, away from city lights. Use this light pollution map as a reference. Aurora last night was nake-eye visible at the Community Observatory near Placerville, which is color coded a salmon color. Reference this map, find salmon, yellow, or green and a place with a clear view to the North, not looking at city lights to the North. (There are some dark skies between Sacramento and Yuba City, but in that spot you'll have to look North into the lights of Yuba City).
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Very cool.I didn't look last
Very cool.I didn't look last night and it's overcast tonight. Lake Charles, Louisiana saw the northern lights last night. Unbelievable!
https://www.kplctv.com/2024/05/11/northern-lights-visibility-returns-swl...
All the way to the Gulf of Mexico.
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FnMeNXwK8QQ&pp=ygUUbHVjaW5kYSBsYWtlIGNoYXJ...
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cool stuff. rad it's so
cool stuff. rad it's so widespread. some yosemite pics are great.
i've never seen it.
may gray here.
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My wife said she saw it this
My wife said she saw it here in Sebastian FL around 3-5 am, said it was a real trippy sight. I was zonked out and missed it, I figured there was no way to see it this far south. It's clear skies here wih no chance of rain, maybe I'll get lucky tonight.
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Still a chance for getting
Still a chance for getting the N lights tonight, though the storm has subsided a bit... but there still are more CME's on their way to ramp it back up again! Don't forget, in lower latitudes, it often looks like clouds, but a camera can show the colors
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Cannon Beach, Oregon
Cannon Beach, Oregon
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Wow!
Wow!
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Did anyone go out last night?
Did anyone go out last night?
We went out to the beach on Sauvie Island and right at dusk, the Northern Lights returned. Nothing too dramatic, but it was there:
It was weird, though, that as it got darker, the lights seemed to go away. We stuck around until 10:30 and then headed home. Temperature had dropped 30 degrees and it was really windy and we had stayed out too late the prior night at Pearl Jam. By that time, the beach area was also crazy packed with a non-stop parade of more and more cars pouring in. Seemed like half the city was out trying to get a glimpse of what they missed on Friday night.
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It's coming back
It's coming back
https://bsky.app/profile/laurahelmuth.bsky.social/post/3ktpxfupc2w2o
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The previous storm(s) was
The previous storm(s) was caused by sunspot AR3664, which is not reappearing as sunspot AR3697... will have to keep an eye on it! The last explosion wasn't directed directly at earth, but any future ones could be!