Fantastic Aurora Display!!!

john697 · #1 Postby **john697** » Thu Nov 20, 2003 9:22 pm

In Western North Carolina tonight. A very bright blue and green display with a dim red background. Started around 6pm, and still some red visible as I type this (9:22). Almost directly overhead at times!

Stormsfury · #2 Postby **Stormsfury** » Thu Nov 20, 2003 9:41 pm

I saw some of the aurora in CHS earlier tonight as well ... (but too many darn lights around to really get a good view) .... BTW, the skies remain quite red ..

SF

StormCrazyIowan · #3 Postby **StormCrazyIowan** » Thu Nov 20, 2003 9:51 pm

Yeah uh huh, and Iowa? Not a darn thing! *sniffle*

C'mon, the temps are already giving me the shaft for my birthday (nearly record high and beautiful today, 40's and cloudy tomorrow), couldn't I have at least caught a glimpse?

That's it! I'm moving!! :lol:

Stormsfury · #4 Postby **Stormsfury** » Thu Nov 20, 2003 10:02 pm

StormCrazyIowan wrote:Yeah uh huh, and Iowa? Not a darn thing! *sniffle*

C'mon, the temps are already giving me the shaft for my birthday (nearly record high and beautiful today, 40's and cloudy tomorrow), couldn't I have at least caught a glimpse?

That's it! I'm moving!!

Where to?

SF

weatherlover427 · #5 Postby **weatherlover427** » Thu Nov 20, 2003 10:09 pm

Darn marine layer here, can't see a thing... :cry:

Stormsfury · #6 Postby **Stormsfury** » Thu Nov 20, 2003 11:50 pm

John, was this about what you saw? (This was taken in Dalton, GA)

PTrackerLA · #7 Postby **PTrackerLA** » Fri Nov 21, 2003 12:40 am

Wow, what a beautiful picture. I wonder if we could see them this far south, I didn't even look.

john697 · #8 Postby **john697** » Fri Nov 21, 2003 6:34 am

Yup Stormfury, thats what I saw....almost directly overhead at times.

Caught me by surprise....I was going to visit my daughter (who lives on top of a mountain), and noticed the glow in the sky. Watched for a couple of hours...very impressive show (mixed in with leftover meteors from the night before).

JCT777 · #9 Postby **JCT777** » Fri Nov 21, 2003 8:28 am

Awesome pic, SF. It's weird how it was visible in the southeast and up in Vermont, but I did not see anything in southeast PA - despite clear skies.

#10 Postby **WeatherNole** » Fri Nov 21, 2003 3:32 pm

It was also visible as far south as Thomasville, GA (about 30 miles north of Tallahassee). A viewer called it into to me last night. He saw a faint red cloud, off the NNW, about 20-30 degrees above the horizon. At first, I thought he was just another nut. I didn't know there were any CME's going on, but checked out good old http://www.spaceweather.com and confirmed it.

Our station is about halfway between Tallahassee and THomasvill, but I didn't see anything.

Mike

Stormsfury · #11 Postby **Stormsfury** » Fri Nov 21, 2003 7:22 pm

WeatherNole wrote:It was also visible as far south as Thomasville, GA (about 30 miles north of Tallahassee). A viewer called it into to me last night. He saw a faint red cloud, off the NNW, about 20-30 degrees above the horizon. At first, I thought he was just another nut. I didn't know there were any CME's going on, but checked out good old http://www.spaceweather.com and confirmed it.

Our station is about halfway between Tallahassee and THomasvill, but I didn't see anything.

Mike

I saw them here just northwest of CHS as well last night ... A faint red glow with one glimmer of green intertwined within the veil ... Auroras are downright mesmerizing ...

SF

breeze · #12 Postby **breeze** » Fri Nov 21, 2003 8:00 pm

That's what I get for retiring to bed, early? Rats!
The next few nights hold a promise for more,
though.

Thanks for that link, btw, WeatherNole!

Fantastic Aurora Display!!!

Fantastic Aurora Display!!!

Down here too......

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