RE: [APML] aurora shots (OT)

[Ray Butler <ray.butler@NUIGALWAY.IE>]

> Any suggestions about where the best place is for aurora?  I was wondering 
if
there is an "optimal" place with regards to weather.

Dave,

Not that this narrows it down much (!), but I'm pretty sure that the best 
place weatherwise is somehere in North America (Canada, Alaska, even northern 
US) because of the offet of the magnetic pole from the spin pole. This places 
the band of highest auroral visibility at a much lower latitude in North 
America than in Europe or Russia. I live at 53.5N in Ireland and hardly ever 
see an aurora. A Canadian at 48N would see many times more. At lower-mid 
latitudes and away from moist (read cloudy) maritime air, weather is generally 
clearer than at higher-mid latitudes.

You were lucky in Iceland, which is far enough north and west of Europe to lie 
within the auroral band, but is not noted for clear skies or agreeable 
climate. Spectacular place otherwise, according to my Greek friend Symeon who 
just spent two weeks there.

Ray
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