Northern Lights Tonight!

[skicdave]

Wild show outside tonight... look up north for all the action!

Here is our backyard gate with some of the green glow in the sky...

http://timefortuckerman.com/members/skicdave/skisandnorthernlights.jpg

View from the front...

http://timefortuckerman.com/members/skicdave/northernlights.jpg

[M@]

Clouds and freezing rain here.

M@

[Tommy T]

Clouds and freezing rain here.

M@

We're socked-in too, but continuing CME's hold hope for tomorrow and Tuesday nights.

Best viewing is often around local midnight but predicatablity is not good.

At latitudes at the southern edge of visibility, the only sign may be a brightening, usually in a greenish color, of the northern horizon in an area where you know there is no sky glow from a nearby town or shopping mall. Watching the greenish horizon for a while, you may detect an occasional greenish streak going up.

At latitudes around Boston or Albany, detecting that glow is considered seeing the aurorae. Anything more is a special and rare treat.

Tommy T.
Principal Astronomer, Chaco Observatory, 2001

[Rider.Steve]

Clouds and freezing rain here.

M@

It's clear and cold here tonight in Ames Iowa. I'm attending a corn de-tassling convention. ;) The lights were visible from my plane, and on the drive from Des Moines on up I35 to Ames. Not super-bright, but mysterious and enchanting; a nice mid-western treat.

Steve

[Bannick]

It's clear and cold here tonight in Ames Iowa. I'm attending a corn de-tassling convention. ;) The lights were visible from my plane, and on the drive from Des Moines on up I35 to Ames. Not super-bright, but mysterious and enchanting; a nice mid-western treat.
Steve

mmmm Ames has some of the best pizza ever.

Stayed up...cloudy in Toronto...went to be found out it cleared. Maybe tonight after the Beasties show.....Jess has never seen the lights.

[PWDR8S]

a corn de-tassling convention.
Steve I'm almost afraid to ask...... a what?

Anyways... thanks Dave! That pic in front of your house makes it look surreallllll! So cool!

Keep looking up! More for the next couple nights I guess! Time for the beach lounge chair with down sleeping bag and hot cocoa! yum!

[Tommy T]

I'm attending a corn de-tassling convention.

If you're breeding hybrids, de-tassling takes away the source of pollen that would otherwise contaminate the ears. The other way to do it is to seal in the silks.

Tommy T.
(Native Hoosier)

[PWDR8S]

If you're breeding hybrids, de-tassling takes away the source of pollen that would otherwise contaminate the ears. The other way to do it is to seal in the silks.

Tommy T.
(Native Hoosier)

Wow! Cool! Thanks Tommy T. And I was told I wouldn't learn anything new from surfing the internet! HAH! I just did! http://www.timefortuckerman.com/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif

[M@]

Wow! Cool! Thanks Tommy T. And I was told I wouldn't learn anything new from surfing the internet! HAH! I just did!
I believe that was "You won't learn anything useful surfing the internet"

M@

[PWDR8S]

I believe that was "You won't learn anything useful surfing the internet"

M@

Thank you M@... you are quite correct. My humbolt~est apologies. :o