· Get a Cloudy Nights T-Shirt · Submit a Review / Article Click here if you are having trouble logging into the forums Privacy Policy | Please read our Terms of Service | Signup and Troubleshooting FAQ | Problems? PM a Red or a Green Gu… uh, User You are not logged in. [Login] Entrance · Main Index · Search · New user · Who's Online FAQ · Calendar Announcements and News >> Celestial Events Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Pages: 1 Bob Moore Pooh-Bah Reged: 04/07/06 Loc: New York Aurora Alert!!       #3962000 - 08/03/10 05:41 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Attention, Earthlings: The sun is spewing plasma toward you, and the results could be beautiful. Stargazers looking to the sky late Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning could see northern lights, or aurora. According to the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, the potential light show started Sunday, when the sun's surface erupted and hurled tons of ionized atoms -- or plasma -- into space. This eruption is directed right at us, and is expected to get here early in the day on August 4th, said astronomers at Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA). "It's the first major Earth-directed eruption in quite some time. When such an expulsion reaches Earth, it interacts with the planet's magnetic field and can create a geomagnetic storm, the CfA said. Solar particles stream down the field lines toward Earth's poles. Those particles crash with atoms of nitrogen and oxygen in the atmosphere, which then glow like little neon signs. Sky watchers in the northern U.S. and other countries should look toward the north late Tuesday or early Wednesday for rippling "curtains" of green and red light, the CfA said. Post Extras:       Dr Morbius Post Laureate Reged: 02/06/07 Loc: ManorvilleNY-but not for long Re: Aurora Alert!! [Re: Bob Moore]       #3962648 - 08/03/10 10:39 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Clouds for me, as usual........ Post Extras:       Interstellar0vDr super member Reged: 01/07/09 Loc: Boston, MA Re: Aurora Alert!! [Re: Bob Moore]       #3962697 - 08/03/10 11:02 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I live in Boston, not directly in the city but there is some light pollution. Do you think I will be able to see any light from the aurora? Post Extras:       RoadsterGirlie Nothing lasts forever Reged: 07/16/10 Loc: Orange County, CA Re: Aurora Alert!! [Re: Bob Moore]       #3962901 - 08/04/10 01:59 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   "Knowing" starring Nicolas Cage. That's all I have to say. Post Extras:       erick sage Reged: 11/21/07 Loc: Bacchus Marsh, Australia Re: Aurora Alert!! [Re: Bob Moore]       #3963160 - 08/04/10 08:45 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Errrrr.......What about the south? Post Extras:       andromeda59 sage Reged: 04/06/10 Re: Aurora Alert!! [Re: Bob Moore]       #3963291 - 08/04/10 10:16 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Has anybody seen it? Post Extras:       Dave Mitsky Postmaster Reged: 04/08/02 Loc: PA, USA, Planet Earth (NA) Re: Aurora Alert!! [Re: andromeda59]       #3963351 - 08/04/10 11:00 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Please do not respond to posts in the Celestial Events section. Post Extras:       Pages: 1 Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 1 registered and 3 anonymous users are browsing this forum. 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