**Big Aurora Tonight**

**Ask The Geezer** · 12-14-2006, 08:59 PM

Interested parties will want their tripods, wide lenses and freshly charged batteries and remote cords tonight. Last night, the sun released a big solar flare and it's supposed to make some great Aurora's tonight. Just thought I'd warn everybody.

Good luck and show your pics if you get some.

Check this link;

http://www.sel.noaa.gov/pmap/pmapN.html

**alty29** · 12-15-2006, 07:14 AM

Can I see that from Germany?

**Ask The Geezer** · 12-15-2006, 10:55 AM

You should be able to see it anywhere when your far enough North. It clouded up here last night, but it was definately over Wisconsin, cause other peole saw it and got pictures of it, even further South than I am.

Here's a few other links that will help. The last one shows the whole globe laid out and where it was seen, and there should be several more days of high activity ahead.

http://www.gedds.alaska.edu/AuroraForecast/

http://www.spaceweather.com/

http://www.spacew.com/www/aurora.php

**WannaBe_80z** · 12-15-2006, 11:29 AM

Went out and saw nothing. I will try again tonight. Is there a specific time for certain areas to go out and look?

**Ask The Geezer** · 12-15-2006, 11:35 AM

Supposedly, right at midnight should be the best, since the sun is exactly opposite at that time. The few times I've seen them, it was after 11.

**frex** · 12-15-2006, 11:36 AM

Alty, you won't be able to see anything from Germany...overcast sky tonight

**phil-ray** · 12-15-2006, 08:18 PM

saw nothing in ireland but im just to far down to be honnest, its one of the things i want to see and photograph in my lifetime

**WannaBe_80z** · 12-15-2006, 10:46 PM

Couple shots from this weeks DPChallenge for sky.

Can't link directly to the photographers page as they don't show identities till after voting is over. Funny, I was expecting a few of these to be entered. But on a pretty regular basis there is a submission with Northern Lights within the image. How often does this actually happen?

**Ask The Geezer** · 12-15-2006, 11:00 PM

Those are great shots. Best I've seen.

It happens quite a bit, but not here in the lower 48. Alaska gets them all the time. It also depends totally on the suns activity, we've been in a quiet time for several years.

**phil-ray** · 12-16-2006, 06:16 AM

i wish i lived further north =(

**seriquer** · 12-18-2006, 10:51 AM

first one looks like some world of warcraft burning legion screenshot

**lefteyewilly** · 12-18-2006, 11:12 AM

those shots are AMAZING wannabe. I know you didn't take them, but my god...those are just beautiful...

*cues up Louie Armstrong*

**frex** · 12-18-2006, 12:19 PM

I have never seen these lights in real...even northern Germany is too far down south :-(
Great find wannabe!

**EVPohovich** · 12-18-2006, 01:52 PM

I haven't seen any lights here.....it's been kind of cloudy, but still nothing to be seen.

**WannaBe_80z** · 12-20-2006, 03:50 AM

I don't know if anyone caught this one digg but WOW

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ima...wa_richard.jpg

**alty29** · 12-20-2006, 07:58 AM

wow......just wow.

**frex** · 12-20-2006, 08:17 AM

I want to have it here...now!

Fantastic !

**seriquer** · 12-20-2006, 09:01 AM

it looks so unreal, so fake... its very awesome

**Subway** · 12-22-2006, 10:49 AM

It will be even better in 2010/2011 --> http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2....htm?list27315

Fredi

**WannaBe_80z** · 12-22-2006, 10:57 AM

Awesome, by then I might be able to go somewhere else. Alaska might have to be a vacation coming up

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