Comments on: Up, up, and aurora!

By: Phred

Phred — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 04:35:48 +0000

One thing photo’s don’t really give, is the sense of scale aurora’s have.
Coming home to Dunedin from Christchurch one night had a magnificent display around Shag Point. Stopped the car and got out to look. It was a very clear cold night and the sheets and curtain displays were amazingly awesomely huge when seen in live 3d.

By: CatMom

CatMom — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 19:25:13 +0000

It’s a real bummer when we get those great displays on a night when you have to get up for work the next day.

By: Pasander

Pasander — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 06:54:43 +0000

There’s a hint of coronal aurora in the picture. Only once in my life have I seen coronal aurora, during the strong geomagnetic storm in April 2002. What made it especially special was that I was in the middle of a big city (=light pollution!) but still the sky was filled from horizon to horizon with a bright red-green auroral crown. It was mind-blowingly psychedelic! Only a total solar eclipse can eclipse (pardon the pun) such an auroral display in awesomeness.

By: VinceRN

VinceRN — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 23:29:19 +0000

Aurorae have been visible from here (40ish miles northish of Seattle) recently, though not very spectacular.

Yellowknife is definitely on the list of places to see, and to take my daughters, and it’s not all that far, compared to Chile at least.

By: Michael Weir

Michael Weir — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 21:13:59 +0000

Simply amazing. To see one in person is on my bucket list.

By: IMForeman

IMForeman — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 20:30:30 +0000

I thought it looked like the Phoenix Effect.

By: UmTutSut

UmTutSut — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 19:22:39 +0000

Whaddaya wanna bet someone on teh interwebs uses that photo to say there was an “angel” in the sky that night? It looks remotely angelic if you’re into that sort of thing.