Amelia Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 []http://spaceweather.com/aurora/images2005/11sep05/Soske2_strip.jpg[/] Above: Red skies over Grand Mesa, Colorado, on Sept. 11th. "There were more auroras than I could fit in the camera frame. It was terrific!" says photographer Thad V'Soske. AURORA ALERT! A coronal mass ejection (CME) is racing toward Earth and it could spark a severe geomagnetic storm when it arrives--perhaps tonight (Sept. 14th and 15th). People everywhere should be alert for auroras. []http://spaceweather.com/images2005/13sep05/20050913_2142_c3_strip.gif[/] The CME, pictured above, was hurled into space on Sept. 13th by an X1-class explosion at sunspot 798. This remarkable 'spot has produced nine X-flares since Sept. 7th including a record-setting X17-monster. All by itself, sunspot 798 has made Sept. 2005 the most active month on the sun since March 1991. If this incoming CME does hit Earth's magnetic field as hard as forecasters expect, auroras could appear in places where they are seldom seen: California, Arizona, Texas and elsewhere. [:"green"]*For best viewing look to the north after midnight and preferbly after moonset @ 4am. [/] Quote <p><span style="color:#0000FF;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">"Do not use harmful words, but only helpful words, the kind that build up and provide what is needed, so that what you say will do good to those who hear you."</span></span> Eph 4:29</span><br><br><img src="http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/gizmotimetemp_both/US/OR/Fairview.gif" alt="Fairview.gif"> Fairview Or</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fran Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 Just got a Nikon 8800! What better could I find to take the first shots of. My husband will be watching for me. I haven't seen them since living in Canada. They are so majestic and beautiful. I have always called them God's lightshow. I will ask my husband to use the movie mode so I can see them move! I am so excited. Thanks for the info just in time! Quote The greatest want of the world is the want of men who will not be bought or sold, men who in their inmost souls are true & honest, men who do not fear to call sin by its right name, men whose conscience is as true to duty..., men who will stand for the right though the heavens fall.{Ed 57.3} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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