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T_Warne
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That is awesome! I'm so jealous . I keep hoping to be able to see the aurora down here someday.
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Well it looks like it's not unheard of for you guys in Washington, albiet only a few times a year. This was actually only the second time I remember seeing them, and the first time I've photographed them. I highly recommend you check out any aurora watch networks, websites, or news pages for your area, to see if it's worth driving out into dark skies to catch a glimpse of
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during a solar flare in the early 20th century, the northern lights were so widespread and intense, that a group of explorers climbing a mountain near the equator saw both the northern and southern lights at the same time.
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That's incredible, solar flares are some pretty intense stuff. Read about https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_storm_of_1859, the largest solar storm on record.
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Like that green glow from the sphere in the original Heavy Metal movie.
Did you hear it calling you?
Did you hear it calling you?
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It was face-meltingly beautiful.
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Oh yeah, that one was insane. Could you imagine the lights so bright that you could read with them, and it looked like morning outside?
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That would be so amazing. They said there was an event on that scale in 2012, but it missed earth. Sadly, I don't think seeing the lights would be worth having our satellites and power grid destroyed
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That would be so amazing. They said there was an event on that scale in 2012, but it missed earth. Sadly, I don't think seeing the lights would be worth having our satellites and power grid destroyed
Yeah, wouldn't quite be worth it XD
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That would be so amazing. They said there was an event on that scale in 2012, but it missed earth. Sadly, I don't think seeing the lights would be worth having our satellites and power grid destroyed
Maybe worth it. ?..
A lot of us would probably at least get the day off
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Crap sorry! I see now how confusing it may look when you don't know what its of. They're the Northern Lights, far off into the horizon at the time but they eventually came right overhead. The green and yellow is the light itself, the white at the bottom is the snowy ground, and the white specs are stars, for reference. Sorry
Looks like you guys down south got quite the show! I'm jealous!
Nice pictures
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Looks like you guys down south got quite the show! I'm jealous!
Nice pictures
Hah, feels weird being referred to as from "down south". But I'd imagine you get to see the lights pretty often, no?
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New portable music setup
Ipod touch 5th gen > Oppo HA-2 Headphone amp > Phillips M1MKII headphones
20160108_182727[1] by TwirlyWhirly555, on Flickr
Ipod touch 5th gen > Oppo HA-2 Headphone amp > Phillips M1MKII headphones
20160108_182727[1] by TwirlyWhirly555, on Flickr
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Normally yes, but this winter has been really cloudy, which is normally not the case. Got a little bit of the lights last night, nothing impressive though. Hopefully we'll get a good show before summer arrives.
On the plus side, all those clouds were keeping the temperatures barely below freezing. That changed this week though!
New portable music setup
Ipod touch 5th gen > Oppo HA-2 Headphone amp > Phillips M1MKII headphones
Must get a good sound out of that! Very nice! :drool:
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Normally yes, but this winter has been really cloudy, which is normally not the case. Got a little bit of the lights last night, nothing impressive though. Hopefully we'll get a good show before summer arrives.
On the plus side, all those clouds were keeping the temperatures barely below freezing. That changed this week though!
Same here, not cloudy but the winter has been unusually warm. Been mostly -10° to -15°, hardy ever going past -20°!! :wave::wave: later this week we're forecast a high of -1°, I think I'm gonna go photographing around the city them
