Re: [APML] Aurora!!!!!!!!

["Kenneth Webb (USF)" <kwebb1@scooby.lklnd.usf.edu>]

This is what I got in the mail:


Space Weather News for November 5, 2001
http://www.spaceweather.com

A powerful solar explosion on Nov. 4th sparked an X-class solar flare and
hurled a bright coronal mass ejection toward Earth.  The expanding cloud
will probably trigger strong geomagnetic activity when it sweeps past our
planet on Nov. 6th or 7th. Sky watchers, even those living at middle
latitudes, should be alert for auroras during the nights ahead.

Visit SpaceWeather.com for more information and updates.




Space Weather News for Nov 6, 2001
http://www.spaceweather.com

A solar coronal mass ejection hit Earth's magnetic field at 0150 UT on Nov
6th (8:50 p.m. EST on Nov. 5th) and triggered widespread auroras.
Observers as far south as central California have reported vivid Northern
Lights.  Sky watchers everywhere, even at middle latitudes where auroras
are rarely seen, should be alert for Northern Lights while the geomagnetic
storm is underway.  Visit SpaceWeather.com for details and updates.

Ken

On Tue, 6 Nov 2001, Mark Park wrote:

> WOW!!!!  It was amazing!  Here in NW N.C. (Wilkesboro).  It started about 
> 9:30 and lasted past 10:30.  I'd see bright red columns perpendicular to the 
> North Horizon that would slowly expand and fade.  I ran up to the house and 
> woke my wife up.  By that time the sky was glowing red all the way to at 
> least 35 - 40 deg above the horizon.  That faded and then the bright red 
> columns returned, faded, returned.  It was the first I've ever seen and it 
> was fantastic.
> 
> Was there any Aurora alert from space news?
> 
> Mark Park
> Mark_park@hotmail.com
> AstroPhoto Page:http://www.wilkes.net/~tspark/astrphts.htm
> Home Page: http://www.wilkes.net/~tspark/
> 
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