Amazing Northern Lights Show

quakeaddict writes "Apparently those of us who have been lucky enough to live in the far northern/southern latitudes, the light shows have been tremendous. Perhaps someone could point us to a page with some interesting pictures? I have always wanted to see these things in person, but a web page will have to suffice."

Cool

[milgram]

It is a signal from Ork. Nanu.

aurora pictures

[rehannan]

Here's some sites with aurora pictures...

http://www.google.com/search?q=aurora+pictures [google.com]

Aurora pictures...

[crcerror]

Here's a bunch... :-)

Aurora pictures [spaceweather.com]

How About...

[Royster]

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day [slashdot.org]?

Pics

[Cheese_isgood]

Here are some sights that have a few good pictures of the Aurora Borealis in them: Aurora Borealis - Northern Lights, pictures [finland.fi], Auroral Photography [www.sgo.fi], & The Aurora Page [mtu.edu]

Re:How About...

[Royster]

Well, that got mangled beyond all recognition.

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day [nasa.gov]

Some places to check out...

[Kotetsu]

To see how active the sun has been for the last 2+ days try the NOAA [noaa.gov] site. There was an X1 flare today, which should provide plenty of aurora material in a day or so.

To see if auroras are visible at this moment try the Auroral Activity Report [uleth.ca] page.

most amazing

[wishus]

this [spaceweather.com] is one of the most amazing ones i've seen.
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Auroral Activity

[polymath69]

Aurora watchers can go here [noaa.gov] to see current auroral activity at any time, extrapolated from polar satellite imagery. Both Northern and Southern hemispheres are covered.

I've never been priviliged to see an aurora for myself. From what I understand they can't be done justice in photos. So my question is for anyone who's seen them... in photos, it seems usually there will be trees, hills, or other ground landmarks in the shot, suggesting that aurorae are usually low in the sky. But from the satellite pictures, they seem to cover the entire sky. Do they ever? Or if they only appear near the horizon, why is that?

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