'Severe' solar storm arrives, likely to trigger Northern Lights as far south as Alabama tonight
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New warning saying people in high altitudes may be affected by radiation. Also satellites.
More info here: https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/communities/aurora-dashboard-experimental
More info here: https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/communities/aurora-dashboard-experimental
18mins ago new warning saying possible radiation could affect people in planes/space and satellites.
That's Cape Elizabeth which is a lot less densely populated than Portland
Yeah, I'd like to know this too. I could get my tripod out and go set up in a field somewhere instead of just pointing my phone north from my yard, with all the other houses and lights around.
It's clear in Cincinnati but all I'm getting is a very slight pink that I'm not even sure isn't my brain making it up.
Any other links? Can't find anything on that page but numbers I don't understand.
Some tips from someone who's seen them in the past:
- Getting away from city light pollution is so imperative to your experience. I can't stress enough just how far you have to go to really see the dancing effect you see on film.
- It takes awhile for your eyes to adjust but start filming on your phone camera and you will see it so much more apparent.
- This is going to be a wild night so plan to spend some time out there and wait while you see it come and go. The last time I saw them, it seemed faint for about an hour and then boom, tons of movement and some really bizarre lightning like pulsating directly above me. It genuinely felt like some sort of alien force the way it was pulsing ( getting chills just thinking about it).
- Getting away from city light pollution is so imperative to your experience. I can't stress enough just how far you have to go to really see the dancing effect you see on film.
- It takes awhile for your eyes to adjust but start filming on your phone camera and you will see it so much more apparent.
- This is going to be a wild night so plan to spend some time out there and wait while you see it come and go. The last time I saw them, it seemed faint for about an hour and then boom, tons of movement and some really bizarre lightning like pulsating directly above me. It genuinely felt like some sort of alien force the way it was pulsing ( getting chills just thinking about it).
I don't know what I'm reading there lol at what altitude?
Thats fantastic, my flight leaves at 1 tomorrow 🙄
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This might be useful.
Wikiwand - Flight-time equivalent dose
Flight-time equivalent dose (FED) is an informal unit of measurement of ionizing radiation exposure. Expressed in units of flight-time, one unit of flight-time is approximately equivalent to the radiological dose received during the same unit of time spent in an airliner at cruising altitude...
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Link above with live coverage. watch this guy he goes over everything. It's live and has breaking news.
It's going to be going for awhile but it depends where you are. Keep an eye out here to see what the current conditions are ( look for the kp index number and the Aurora oval forecast):
Space Weather
That is all I am seeing as well here in central Illinois. Kinda a purple/pink hue in the sky. But, I am also near a bigger city, so that is probably fucking me.
I live in the Southern Thumb area and had a great view. If it's dark enough by you, you absolutely should see it.
Rockport reporting in - just walked the dogs.
It's faint but I definitely see banding and faint color. I'm going to try to get away from the light pollution in an hour or two and see if I can see more.
I'm in a suburb of Chicago (lake county) and while there's clouds now i did get a few nice peeks.
Sky looks a little weird now, like the inverse of light pollution. Still cloudy and will give another 15 minutes before bed.
Alerts from Space Weather Prediction Center: confirmed proton event re radiation bio risk have occurred:
Space Weather Message Code: ALTPC0
Serial Number: 49
Issue Time: 2024 May 11 0227 UTC
ALERT: Proton Event 100MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1pfu
Begin Time: 2024 May 11 0210 UTC
NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at
www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation
Potential Impacts: An enhancement in the energetic portion of the solar radiation spectrum may indicate increased biological risk to astronauts or passengers and crew in high latitude, high altitude flights. Additionally, energetic particles may represent an increased risk to all satellite systems susceptible to single event effects. This information should be used in conjunction with the current Solar Radiation Storm conditions when assessing overall impact.
Space Weather Message Code: ALTPC0
Serial Number: 49
Issue Time: 2024 May 11 0227 UTC
ALERT: Proton Event 100MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1pfu
Begin Time: 2024 May 11 0210 UTC
NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at
www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation
Potential Impacts: An enhancement in the energetic portion of the solar radiation spectrum may indicate increased biological risk to astronauts or passengers and crew in high latitude, high altitude flights. Additionally, energetic particles may represent an increased risk to all satellite systems susceptible to single event effects. This information should be used in conjunction with the current Solar Radiation Storm conditions when assessing overall impact.
That eases my mind a bit. I guess I've just never seen that kind of warning and got a bit freaked hahaThis might be useful.
Wikiwand - Flight-time equivalent dose
Flight-time equivalent dose (FED) is an informal unit of measurement of ionizing radiation exposure. Expressed in units of flight-time, one unit of flight-time is approximately equivalent to the radiological dose received during the same unit of time spent in an airliner at cruising altitude...
I'm in Reading with some heavy light pollution but I saw the Northern Lights vividly from this same spot 40 years ago by chance. Hoping for the same.
Found a good spot in Portland
View: https://imgur.com/HXHkq4O
View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/g4BYgtRNv-8
View: https://imgur.com/HXHkq4O
View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/g4BYgtRNv-8
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Can't see anything where I am in PA because of the clouds. However, the sky looks different (like you can see the tint behind the cloud cover but can't actually see it). Oh well.
I live in a rural area but maybe the few lights and stuff are just enough to make it not a good view, maybe I'll take a short drive to where it's more dark.
I didn't even think the west coast could ever see one of these. Even if we could, it's cloudy AF in SoCal right now.