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My webcam managed to capture the aurora this morning after some fog had cleared and before the sky got too light.
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Re: Picture(s) of the day
Awesome photos, was walking home from uni at 5am, really gutted I missed it!
Re: Picture(s) of the day
wow! Nice pictures, if i did that with my webcam it would be horrible...wish i could see aurora once in my life!
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Re: Picture(s) of the day
Nice to see it made stuff Steven, did they contact you via the forum?
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Stuff article
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/5692731 ... tic-aurora
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/5692731 ... tic-aurora
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Re: Picture(s) of the day
I sent the photo to the Press this morning and Paul phoned me after that to chat about it.03Stormchaser wrote:Nice to see it made stuff Steven, did they contact you via the forum?
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Whats the likely hood of this happening again?
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Re: Picture(s) of the day
The aurora has been seen fairly far south in the US so it might be possible to see something tonight - cloud permitting. This was from an impact that wasn't even directly heading for Earth. The huge sunspot that caused it is still active so a flare in the next day or so could be even better.03Stormchaser wrote:Whats the likely hood of this happening again?
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Re: Picture(s) of the day
See your shot's also on Spaceweather.com Steven, along with a few taken from Queenstown.
(And on their latest update)
Great Stuff!
(And on their latest update)
Great Stuff!
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Re: Picture(s) of the day
Awesome!! By the way, here is the Aurora forecast from the Geophysical Institute of the Univ. of Alaska:
http://www.gi.alaska.edu/AuroraForecast/5
And that was a 'quiet' night. In Oslo at the moment and itching to get back up!!
http://www.gi.alaska.edu/AuroraForecast/5
Here's a photo of the Aurora I took on early Thursday morning from Ã…, Lofoten Islands, northern Norway.Forecast: Auroral activity will be active. Weather permitting, active auroral displays will be visible overhead from Macquarie Island, Australia, the Japanese antarctic Syowa Station and Halley Bay, Antarctica, and visible low on the southern horizon from the French Iles Kerguelen station.
And that was a 'quiet' night. In Oslo at the moment and itching to get back up!!
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Re: Picture(s) of the day
Beautiful shot - I'm thinking of heading to Alaska in March 2013 which is close to the peak of the cycle.Foggy wrote:Here's a photo of the Aurora I took on early Thursday morning from Ã…, Lofoten Islands, northern Norway.
And that was a 'quiet' night. In Oslo at the moment and itching to get back up!!
For reference, the webcam shot was f3.5, 30 seconds, ISO800 at 20mm.
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Re: Picture(s) of the day
Wow, that would likely be amazing. Are you considering staying a little longer and heading down to the US for Tornado season as well?Skywatcher wrote:I'm thinking of heading to Alaska in March 2013 which is close to the peak of the cycle.
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The aurora is often best close to the equinoxes and nights aren't getting too short at higher latitudes. Probably too early to make tornado chasing worth the cost...tgsnoopy wrote:Wow, that would likely be amazing. Are you considering staying a little longer and heading down to the US for Tornado season as well?Skywatcher wrote:I'm thinking of heading to Alaska in March 2013 which is close to the peak of the cycle.
Thought it best to split the posts out of Pictures of the Day.
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Re: Aurora
A day or two late, but nice animated forecast from NOAA of that latest CME...
Uploaded by NOAAESRL on Sep 26, 2011
NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center -- the nation's official source of warnings and alerts about space weather and its impacts on Earth -- today [26th] issued a warning for a strong, G3 geomagnetic storm on Earth resulting from a significant explosion from the sun's corona Saturday morning. G-scale solar storms range from G1 (minor) to G5 (extreme). Today's warning updated a watch issued on Saturday.
This animation shows a forecast from WSA-Enlil, an advanced forecast model used in NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center. The sun is yellow at left; Earth is green at right. This forecast was produced Saturday, and projects the coronal mass ejection - in red, black and white - impacting Earth today.
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Re: Aurora
it amazes me how fast that ISS orbits.....seems to be a very low orbit altitude?
and its a pole to pole orbit?
(re tgsnoopys link above)
and its a pole to pole orbit?
(re tgsnoopys link above)
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^ I think it's a time-lapse video made up of several static images from here (uploaded on Sep 20th).
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Re: Aurora
And another: http://vimeo.com/29568236
Jeff Hampton of TV3 called me this morning and so the photo might be shown on the news tonight...
Jeff Hampton of TV3 called me this morning and so the photo might be shown on the news tonight...
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It was.Skywatcher wrote:...
Jeff Hampton of TV3 called me this morning and so the photo might be shown on the news tonight...
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Cool. Here's the TV3 video link...
'VIDEO: Awe-inspiring footage of Aurora Australis over NZ - Video'
'VIDEO: Awe-inspiring footage of Aurora Australis over NZ - Video'
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Stunning Video!Skywatcher wrote:And another: http://vimeo.com/29568236
Noridic Countries are so lucky to get given a lightshow like this.....
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