Aurora Alert Follows-

I always thought that pictures of very colorful auroras always used polarizers. Do they really look that colorful in person? The ones I saw this weekend were spectactular but the colors were subtle... I could just make out faint greens and reds. And they got very bright, getting bright enough that they lit up the dark rural field I was in almost as if the full moon was out (it wasn't) -- no flashlight needed!

Aurora alert follows- a signifigant event as it appears.

"Yet another burst has occurred from solar active region 0808. An X
class (largest) flare occurred late on the 13th GMT, directly facing
Earth. The shock from this event should arrive late on the 14th GMT.
This means that there should be active aurora visible on the night
of the 14/15th from Northern Europe, and from US and Canada (Rare
clear weather in the maritimes and Iceland means it should be worth
watching the legendary sky tonight). Depending on the shape of the
solar wind cloud following the shock, Kiwis and Tasmanians may see
it also (on the 15/16th)."



Prediction by [Chuck Deehr]
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Another alert follows, check the sky tonight....chances of viewing are very high.

"We were 10 hours early in our estimate of the arrival of the solar shock at
Earth. Tonight, the 15th of September should be active with aurora as far
equatorward as northern Europe, and Middle USA."

Dr. Charles Deehr, Prof. Emer. Phys. Ph. 907 474 7473 Fax 907 474 7290
email [email protected]
The Geophysical Institute
University of Alaska Fairbanks
903 Koyukuk Ave N
Fairbanks, Alaska 99775-7320

Photo of the Month October 2005
Photo: Kjetil Skogli, Norway

I found this picture while I was actually searching for a video of the cusp aurora. I got a link to a norwegian article explaining it. There is a full video somewhere, but I can´t find it. If anyone finds it, please post a link. They say NASA is very excited about this video. First time in history a video showing and explaining the cusp aurora in detail. This is when auroras occurs on the southern and the northern hemisphere at the same time. Link to norwegian article: VG: Unike bilder av nordlys (in norwegian...)


Photo: UiB

I found a page with the movie. Check it out.

Research (in english)

movie

As for Aurora activity right now:

Northern Lights Activity Right Now


A plot over the energy in the northern lights oval right now.


A plot over the energy in the southern lights oval right now.[/img]