'Severe' solar storm arrives, likely to trigger Northern Lights as far south as Alabama tonight
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Next chance won't be until tomorrow, sitting at a G2 right now but should get back up to a G5 tomorrow (same as yesterday). Timing is only question right now.
Here in Boston, MA, USA, we are all looking out for any signs right now.
For anyone else, please use this tracker:
For anyone else, please use this tracker:
Apparently the forecast for Vancouver will be 70%+ chance, but right now My Aurora app is reporting a decreased chance of 2%, lol.
Still thinking on going outside and watch the sky for the while, but I'm tired from yesterday.
Still thinking on going outside and watch the sky for the while, but I'm tired from yesterday.
I'm so bad at interpreting patterns on charts, what's the forecast like here for Chicago? I missed it last night but I'm dying to catch a glimpse tonight, just don't want to be going outside every twenty minutes until 5 am to try.
For a brief five minutes, I got to see them! Green and everything! Went back inside to grab my brother, and now they are gone :( If the cat wakes me up in four hours like her norm, I'll head back out and try again.
Sorry for double posting, but for the Seattle and Vancouver folks, apparently the peak will be more later that usual, being 2 AM up to 5 AM to see anything.
Nice shot. Yeah, doesn't seem to have really reached Belgium last night. I saw some scattered pics of a few dim pillars here and there, but nothing really impressive.
10sec shutter on iPhone12 in Fryslan Netherlands
Intensity seems to have decreased for now.
At least I caught them on camera the night before. That's four years in a row, my streak remains unbroken, lmao.
0%, I'm gonna wait until 1:30 if there's any changes
Edit: 2 AM, still 0% lmao.
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I was able to get a shot last night! I probably should have looked up how to photograph the sky in low light or something, because i had to YOLO it. Image came out super noisy, but i'm glad to have something.
It was gorgeous.
I put together the rest of my Timelapses. Unfortunately YouTube's compression is destroying my video so I need to make do with Instagram for now until I can run all of my photos through AI denoise. :(
View: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C64NxAPOs2y/?igsh=bDJ5dXpmdG8ydjR2
View: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C64NxAPOs2y/?igsh=bDJ5dXpmdG8ydjR2
Everyday Math thanks for reminding me I can also post my Twitter video. :-)
View: https://x.com/shapegsx/status/1789825055943196929?s=46&t=zIOQu1R8ljS54AHMejQmQQ
View: https://x.com/shapegsx/status/1789825055943196929?s=46&t=zIOQu1R8ljS54AHMejQmQQ
Aurora lights actually change slowly over time in real-time. I wished I can see it in person. (Darn clouds. 😢)
My wife caught the big dipper in the light show (Friday night)
View: https://x.com/smashmode/status/1789827699701170319?s=46&t=k-p3IFGuNJl6IL9qeh-mQA
View: https://x.com/smashmode/status/1789827699701170319?s=46&t=k-p3IFGuNJl6IL9qeh-mQA
G3 or G2? Boston is right on the edge of the green area, so it's barely registerable on the scale. Besides, I see cloudy sky, I give up.
I remember I had a visual migrane a while back and it looked very much like the first seconds in this clip, but only the borders.
Tried the last 2 nights in michigan and got nothing. Didn't realize tonight was possible, almost wanna go out again but feel like I'll be disappointed yet again. Pretty sure it's not visible from the light pollution, but I don't know the required conditions for it to be visible, even just through a phone camera.
G2, I typed G3 by mistake initially
doesn't look like the index is going up any more though
Even though the latest isn't in position to make a geomagnetic storm, the large sunspot is still very energetic, releasing a class X8.7 flare (largest so far). As it rotates, there is always a chance another will be in position to hit the earth correctly for another lightshow.
As for this latest flare, it basically is wiping out HF frequencies right now and not much else, so only the amateur radio folks are having a bad day.
As for this latest flare, it basically is wiping out HF frequencies right now and not much else, so only the amateur radio folks are having a bad day.