Aurora

Apparently I wasn't the only one to tune into aurora during Earth Hour
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Here are some I took from a commercial flight to Europe:

May 2013

W O B

1000 Words! No camera but Aurora this morning - beautiful

Yesterday was a very active day for me showing the sun to 50-60 young library visitors.
The sun was rather quiet so I did not expect to see anything during the night. However ...

I was awakened around 2:30am by something - maybe a star shining our window? At 2:45
I finally got to have a look and there was a band across the NNE horizon. Husband's dilemma: to waken wife or not. If a husband locks his wife and dog in a room for an hour, who will be happy to see him when he opens the door? Hint: it wags a tail; the other choice is the lawyer starting divorce proceedings!

I woke up Vicki and we spent an hour on the balcony watching the arc become curtains and streamers. There was some colour, mostly green but an occasional touch of purple-red. The intensity varied on a scale of minutes, I guess.

Sorry my camera is not working - did take it out to show it what it was missing, but the shutter did nothing. I do not think this a 1000 words but will have to do - maybe a reflection of my photographic skills? Oh  yes, there were reflections off the lake. I do hope Vick managed some good images. I did manage eventually to get her to use the tripod - wag a tail, wob

Aurora last night

I need new eyes and/or a better camera. Please look after your eyes.

I actually could see the aurora change but the camera,  Paint Shop, and I were not able to bring out the colours, contrast, etc.

So do not be discouraged.

What I will work on is our own light polution.

wob

Aurora over Couchiching at 2AM

From the balcony looking NNE or so between 2 and 3am.

This morning I received some link data  from Daniel Fischer in Germany. I can now add images of the sun responsible for the aurora.

Al has given me this link   for current solar activity/space weather as well as the appearance of the sun. Thanks - wob

PS extended 10 day forecast plus probability

Aurora and barely not quite Spring

It has been a long time coming but last night even I saw Northern Lights inspite of light - actually quite heavy - light pollution:

I think you can see what Vicki and I also saw but just in case, I cropped it and tweaked it just a little:

For comparison, another image shows very little:

For comparison this is without light pollution  and this is an explanation


Now all that is to explain why I went snowshoeing in shorts today - it or I was balmy!

I thought it was warm +9C but Vicki's weathernet said it was -1C feeling like -3C. So whom do I believe?
wob

Northern Lights

Further north but not here in Orillia: Aurora Borealis I have seen them here a few years ago:

Thanksgiving 2012.
And in May 2013 while flying over to Europe:

Pleasant dreams -wob