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JJ64 Boo Level: 45 Posts: 725/919 EXP: 640956 For next: 19208 Since: 05-22-04 From: Green Bay, WI Since last post: 441 days Last activity: 269 days |
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How many of you have seen it, and if you have, what was it like? I saw it last year, as the common green wave pattern. Around here you can probably see it about 15 times a year... | |||
NightHawk Bob-Omb Level: 39 Posts: 362/621 EXP: 374743 For next: 30028 Since: 03-26-04 From: Switzerland Since last post: 432 days Last activity: 339 days |
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I've never seen it in my life. I even don't think I can see it where I live. Would be cool some time to take an extended vacation somewhere up north where it'd be visible. |
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The SomerZ Summer, yay! Level: 45 Posts: 449/862 EXP: 618182 For next: 41982 Since: 03-15-04 From: Norway Since last post: 2 days Last activity: 3 hours |
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I was born way north of the Arctic circle (around 70 degrees north, actually. About as far north as the northern coast of Alaska), and lived there for 4 years. Those 4 years, I saw a lot of Aurora Borealis, naturally (not that I remember much, I was, after all, only 4-years-old ). And that was the "good stuff", not the poor kind of Aurora Borealis you can hardly make out when you look at it, which you find further to the south. When I was 4, though, I moved down to southern Norway, and south of the Arctic circle. I now live at around 60 degrees north, which is still pretty far to the north. About as far north as Juneau, Alaska. Anyway, we can still see Aurora Borealis here, but it's not anywhere as good as the kind of Aurora Borealis you can see up where I used to live. You really won't find good Aurora Borealis until you go north of the arctic circle. By the way, the place I was born actually has its own Aurora Borealis observatory. (edited by The SomerZ on 07-14-04 08:39 PM) |
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snipy_chipy Silver axe Level: 33 Posts: 324/427 EXP: 215300 For next: 13879 Since: 03-17-04 Since last post: 6 days Last activity: 1 day |
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Here, up north, its almost a weekly event. Its overated, just a bunch of colours waving in the sky. After a dozen times it gets old. |
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Bella Ludwig Von Koopa You're Gonna Love Me Level: 76 Posts: 664/2962 EXP: 3891483 For next: 114577 Since: 03-29-04 From: Groovy Way Since last post: 8 min. Last activity: 6 min. |
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Never seen it..I kinda forgot what it is and I don't even know if I can see it . Doesn't it have colors and stuff if it does than it was on Balto!! | |||
Dylan Devil Trumpets and Angel Trombones ~ Level: 54 Posts: 206/1407 EXP: 1181697 For next: 52173 Since: 06-19-04 From: Ottawa, Canada. Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 6 hours |
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Originally posted by TooL What's your location? Well, I am in Ottawa, but I went up to YellowKnife a few years back and I got to see. It's quite a spectacular image. |
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alte Hexe Star Mario I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night Alive as you and me "But Joe you're ten years dead!" "I never died" said he "I never died!" said he Level: 99 Posts: 864/5458 EXP: 9854489 For next: 145511 Since: 03-15-04 From: ... Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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Southern Ontario should be able to see it, but the light pollution dilutes it. I've only seen it once, and that was when I was in Banff | |||
KATW King Yoshi "If you stare at something long enough, it can be funny." Level: 86 Posts: 1358/3959 EXP: 6087979 For next: 54128 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 7 hours Last activity: 5 hours |
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Im never going to be able to get that far up north as of now. Though seeing the northern lights is something on my before-I-die to do list | |||
Anya The Exile Ultima Mezcla de Yin Yan Level: 98 Posts: 2172/5337 EXP: 9530313 For next: 124040 Since: 03-15-04 From: South Florida Since last post: 2 days Last activity: 2 days |
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Never seen one and it might be doubtful for me to ever see one. Wherever you go here, it's city and way too many lights to see all the stars...unless I head out to the Everglades that is. Must be a wonderful sight, nonetheless. | |||
Prier Archangel Administrative Priestess. NUCLEAR SUB WEEEOOOO Level: 119 Posts: 2150/8392 EXP: 18790939 For next: 138352 Since: 03-15-04 From: Nerima Dist. - Tokyo, Japan Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 1 day |
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Not exactly sure when it happened...but whatever time when the magnetic belts were going awry one night they made sure to notify us to look north from our vantage point in Central Illinois to try and see it...barely saw it but it was there. So I've only seen it once and the one time I've seen it...couldn't really see it. (like...a few red lights and that was it) It's probably asking a lot out of people in the US unless you're really really north. |
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Colleen Administrator Level: 136 Posts: 2754/11302 EXP: 29369328 For next: 727587 Since: 03-15-04 From: LaSalle, Quebec, Canada Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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Dunno if we can see it... Given the fact I live in a big city with pollution and that, I severely doubt it. Full moon, yes - aurora, no. |
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Anya The Exile Ultima Mezcla de Yin Yan Level: 98 Posts: 2175/5337 EXP: 9530313 For next: 124040 Since: 03-15-04 From: South Florida Since last post: 2 days Last activity: 2 days |
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This thread started to make me think about that one Simpsons ep when Seymour said that there was an Aurora Borealis in his kitchen. I would ask if that counts, but he said that only because he wanted to cover up the fact that his kitchen was on fire. | |||
Sokarhacd Ball and Chain Trooper Resistance is Futile You Will Be Assimilated Hab SoSlI' Quch Level: 61 Posts: 303/1757 EXP: 1799888 For next: 76708 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 6 days Last activity: 4 hours |
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Ive seen it many times, not sure when it happens though, and i havent seen it yet this year, nor in 2003.... | |||
BMF98567 BLACK HAS BUILT A SILLY DICE-MAZE! GO! Current list of BURNING FURY >8( recipients: - Yiffy Kitten (x2) - Xkeeper Level: 53 Posts: 260/1261 EXP: 1094149 For next: 62970 Since: 03-15-04 From: Blobaria Special Move: Rising Meatloaf Backhand Combo Since last post: 21 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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Here in Spokane, WA, it's only happened one time that I can remember, probably 4-5 years ago. It was the most spectacular natural phenomenon I had ever seen...I sat outside my house for probably an hour, staring straight up into the sky. It looked like rivers of vivid greenish-bluish energy flowing upwards from the horizon to the top of the sky. It was absolutely breathtaking, and I really hope it happens again soon. | |||
Kasumi-Astra Administrator Level: 62 Posts: 532/1867 EXP: 1971846 For next: 12840 Since: 03-15-04 From: Reading, UK Uni: Sheffield, UK Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 12 hours |
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It's an extremely beautiful event. The pictures of the aurora found on Saturn and Jupiter are also beautiful... It offers a chance to see what is actually happening from a distance Apparently after a coronal mass ejection (a massive solar flare), there was enough radiation released to mess with the magnetic field over London... Of course, it's extremely rare, and apparently it happened before all of us were born |
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LizardKing ..of The Carnival Creation Armet 87/94 Level: 38 Posts: 208/596 EXP: 355646 For next: 14801 Since: 03-15-04 From: Norway Since last post: 4 days Last activity: 13 hours |
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Originally posted by The SomerZ Well, I've lived here for 18 years.. (at 69 degrees north) and well, I've seen it plenty of times. It's nothing special really.. it's just the northern light.. And most of the time they're green or white/yellow like, but they can also be purple, red and (?blue?), but that's rare. I've only seen it purple once, and that was only for a short moment. |
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Dracoon Zelda The temp ban/forum ban bypasser! Level: 84 Posts: 886/3727 EXP: 5514391 For next: 147561 Since: 03-25-04 From: At home Since last post: 5 hours Last activity: 5 hours |
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I haven't seen it ever. I really don't want to though, since I would have to travel and traveling isn't very fun. I also can't stand sitting and watching fireworks though they got boring very fast. | |||
JJ64 Boo Level: 45 Posts: 726/919 EXP: 640956 For next: 19208 Since: 05-22-04 From: Green Bay, WI Since last post: 441 days Last activity: 269 days |
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It's visible really well normally at least once a year once you get this far north, but I'd have to go to a more "outskirt" area of Green Bay... | |||
Slash Dafter Kodondo Level: 38 Posts: 500/584 EXP: 338934 For next: 31513 Since: 04-04-04 From: E. Millinocket, ME Since last post: 9 hours Last activity: 9 hours |
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I've never seen Aurora Borealis where I live in central Maine, but I saw it when I was in New Brunswick a couple of years ago. |
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