If you do, be sure to step out tonight, preferably in an area clear of bright city lights or other light pollution. The Earth has been hit with a large coronal mass ejection for most of the day, and chances of seeing an aurora are especially good tonight for those in northern latitudes. I’m in Southern California and will probably miss the show, but hopefully the rest of you get one. Good seeing!
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Something still on my list of, “things to see before I die”.Report
It is a wondrous thing to see. I’ll be out looking tonight.Report
Sadly, though Oregon is kind of North, we see little of the sky until April or May. There are nothing but rainclouds to see here tonight.Report
Completely socked in here, but I’ve seen the northern lights many a time. Always beautiful. Maybe the clouds will break, but I don’t think so. Pictures never do them justice, but you got me drooling looking at the Google images of them.Report
Here’s a forecast map http://www.gi.alaska.edu/AuroraForecastReport
Dammnit I live on the equator.Report
I”m sure you’ll come out ahead once we account for the other 179 days of winter without aurora sightings.
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You’re a hell of a lot further North than I am.Report
The Aurora Borealis is one of the most awe inspiring things that I have seen in a life that has seen many awe inspiring things. Besides the color, one has to marvel at the speed they race from horizen to horizen. And if you are very lucky they will appear in in colors other than the normal greenish shade. If you have the tiniest chance of seeing the sky, be outside tonight.Report