wokeupthisam Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 First time seeing with the naked eye, spectacular, phone pics really wild. Different colors from deep blue, to purple, to orange to red depending on cardinal direction. Wow 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdxken Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 8 minutes ago, CoastalWx said: Corona? Miller lite. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tunafish Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 Just ate a big mushroom chocolate and am walking to the nearest big open field hoping for more. LFG. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdxken Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 Few more from southborough. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxWatcher007 Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 Walked out of an Albany restaurant after dinner with my wife and the sky had reds everywhere. It was unreal. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdxken Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 Just now, tunafish said: Just ate a big mushroom chocolate and am walking to the nearest big open field hoping for more. LFG. I just talked to my friend up your way, Gorham. Too cloudy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tunafish Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 2 minutes ago, kdxken said: I just talked to my friend up your way, Gorham. Too cloudy. weird. skies are clear north of sebago lake https://weather.cod.edu/satrad/?parms=subregional-New_England-12-24-1-100-1&checked=map&colorbar=undefined Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ineedsnow Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 3 minutes ago, kdxken said: Few more from southborough. is that now? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdxken Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 1 minute ago, ineedsnow said: is that now? No that was about 40 minutes ago. But my friend who lives in sherborn is still seeing it from all directions. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdxken Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 3 minutes ago, tunafish said: weird. skies are clear north of sebago lake https://weather.cod.edu/satrad/?parms=subregional-New_England-12-24-1-100-1&checked=map&colorbar=undefined Gorham Maine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardinalland Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 for all those looking for more, i think we get another peak in about 20 minutes as electron density increases (as per spaceweatherlive) 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tunafish Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 1 minute ago, kdxken said: Gorham Maine Yes, south/east of Sebago. Clear skies until you hit Farmington/Tamarack land. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 37 minutes ago, kdxken said: Pretty much gone now. I know nothing of Aurora's. Is it going to fluctuate all night? On and off the next 24 to 36 hours I guess. Check www.spaceweather.com for more info 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go Kart Mozart Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 Even way down here pretty spectacular. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dseagull Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 Hopefully we can get it back! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanks45 Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 Could see almost all the colors with the naked eye at one point... 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Spanks45 Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 It definitely was surreal.... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisrotary12 Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 How does one read that space weather live page again? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newman Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 Space Weather geek here: that huge burst of aurora was due to an auroral "substorm" that often occurs, we will likely see more through the night. You can track here at the GOES magnetometer site the strength of the parallel component of the Earth's magnetic field. I will explain why that's important below this... https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/goes-magnetometer Basically, what happens is the Earth's magnetosphere (more specifically it's magnetotail) gets stretched and then subsequently rubber bands back and releases the built up energy. When it rubber bands back, that produces the bursts of Aurora. They usually occur every 2-3 hours. On that website, you can time the substorms by looking at the large down spikes, that indicates the aurora is "charging up". Then when it spikes back up, that means it releases the energy in a beautiful aurora display. I would recommend changing the tab to 6 hours to get a close up view of what the magnetometer is measuring. All of this to say... You might have to wait another 2 hours or so for the bright views to come back! They come in waves and that's just the nature of these things. But it's cool, you can actually predict Aurora substorms and bright views. 12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 5 minutes ago, Newman said: Space Weather geek here: that huge burst of aurora was due to an auroral "substorm" that often occurs, we will likely see more through the night. You can track here at the GOES magnetometer site the strength of the parallel component of the Earth's magnetic field. I will explain why that's important below this... https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/goes-magnetometer Basically, what happens is the Earth's magnetosphere (more specifically it's magnetotail) gets stretched and then subsequently rubber bands back and releases the built up energy. When it rubber bands back, that produces the bursts of Aurora. They usually occur every 2-3 hours. On that website, you can time the substorms by looking at the large down spikes, that indicates the aurora is "charging up". Then when it spikes back up, that means it releases the energy in a beautiful aurora display. I would recommend changing the tab to 6 hours to get a close up view of what the magnetometer is measuring. All of this to say... You might have to wait another 2 hours or so for the bright views to come back! They come in waves and that's just the nature of these things. But it's cool, you can actually predict Aurora substorms and bright views. Interesting - thanks for sharing. The timing lines right up with things going nuts right at about 23:15 UTC. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdxken Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 35 minutes ago, Go Kart Mozart said: Even way down here pretty spectacular. I just got a text from my friend in Indiana and he can see some. Amazing day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm1220 Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 Even down here and in NYC the purple glow was quite noticeable. Never saw that in my life. Hopefully another coming soon! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 Amazing event for me tonight. That was better than I could have imagined 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisrotary12 Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 Ugh why did that have to happen during child bath and bed time? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdxken Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 10 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said: Amazing event for me tonight. That was better than I could have imagined Unreal huh? Usually you see pictures some one tricked up from Iceland and you know you don't have a chance . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 1 hour ago, Ginx snewx said: My bucket list complete RIP we’ll miss you. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 Very bummed we are clouded over. Stable OVC039 to OVC043 obs from the upslope trapped stratus. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 11 minutes ago, kdxken said: Unreal huh? Usually you see pictures some one tricked up from Iceland and you know you don't have a chance . Yeah. My aunt goes there now and then in the winter just to view them. I get so jealous (can’t really travel there in the winter due to work) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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