• jrwperformance @lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Alaska resident here…Auroras have been going nuts last few days. My wife and I texted all the neighbors on Monday night. The whole street came out to watch. Usually, we mostly see green and occasionally silver/white. Monday night was was a lot of red/white/green. Reds seem to be the most rare

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      2 months ago

      I’ve seen some lights in my lifetime, in MT mostly. Can you see other colors (like the rare red, purple, etc) without a camera?

      • Ham Strokers Ejacula@reddthat.com
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        1 month ago

        Yes. I used to live in Alaska but moved some time ago. These look to me like I remembered seeing them. Different elements emit different colored like, the same way different materials burn different colored flames. Same reason, same colors.

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    2 months ago

    That squealing sound you will be hearing are my tires as I peal out of my driveway to go watch the northern lights tomorrow

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      2 months ago

      Yeah, not even close. I was absolutely ready to drive north tomorrow night to watch it until I checked NOAA. Now I’m going to stay here and get drunk.

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    1 month ago

    Will it be at night? Can I actually see them because holy shit that would be so cool

    Update: it’s super cloudy right now, hopefully it clears up

    Update 2: It’s sunny af right now, hope it stays like this till night

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    2 months ago

    Mtg, the dems have a geomagnetic storm machine, they will use it to interfere with the election!

  • Monument@lemmy.sdf.org
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    2 months ago

    Not to be a spoil sport, but it could hit during the day. They think it might arrive as early as this morning.
    Unsure hope long these shows go on for, but that’sa consideration.

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      2 months ago

      I looked at the NOAA aurora forecast and it doesn’t even really go into Oregon. This headline is just wrong

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    1 month ago

    I live in a northern swampland and as such, just always get a yellowish glow because of the humidity. I think? We just always have this general glow that kills any fun cosmic opportunities.