Umbras and Penumbras - The Sun is Going Away

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The Weather Service has a “space weather” page with a forecast for the aurora the next two nights.

https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/auro ... e-forecast

https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/auro ... perimental
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A friend in Dayton sent similar photos. So fucking cool. My parents are in Des Moines. No word if they got any of it.
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Went outside a couple of times last night, didn't see anything. Must of slept through it.
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Apparently it was all over the Arizona sky. Would've liked a heads up on that the way the eclipse was marketed.
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Johnnie wrote: Sat May 11, 2024 4:23 pm Apparently it was all over the Arizona sky. Would've liked a heads up on that the way the eclipse was marketed.
Word went out among the weather weirdo community (which I am a part of) about 12-18 hours ahead of time - then pics from Europe including places well south in Europe cashing in and my hopes increased for where I was south of Cleveland. Would really not have guessed that you all could see it as far south as Arizona . What a crazy anomalous event.

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Yea, I thought about my post after the fact and figured an event like that was probably not that known ahead of time.

I saw pics on Reddit the next morning and was like damn. Oddly enough, I actually stayed up late watching TV on Friday but since I wasn't glued to my phone I had no idea.

The sky out here is clear most nights too. Not a lot of light pollution either. The observatory on Mt. Lemmon must have had an immaculate view.

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Apparently, some areas will have a chance at it again tonight.
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Check them Northern Lights
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I’m looking. Badass.

ETA: so look due north, and you’ll see it in pink. If you rotate your cam to NNE, your cam will pick up the green hues.
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rass wrote: Thu Oct 10, 2024 6:30 pm Check them Northern Lights
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Oh damn
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Top two were taken in my neighborhood, by friends. The bottom was taken at the beach by another buddy.

The first batch I posted were taken by me. I didn’t see any of the purple lights. Only green.
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Great stuff!
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Aw man, I wanted green. Nice. Our view looked a lot like BFJ's neighbor's purple sky.
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We border some state game lands and I was able to position them to the north and get a dark picture. It looks much better in the photo's, but you could still see the light red and the green was a white haze.
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Those are nice too!
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I think this stuff is cooler than leaves.
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mister d wrote: Fri Oct 11, 2024 8:52 am I think this stuff is cooler than leaves.
Me too!
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Peep that, bitches.
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Plus you don't have to go to New England to see it! Double win!
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