[meteorite-list] Aurora as seen from UK
From: STUARTATK_at_aol.com <STUARTATK_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:28:36 2004 Message-ID: <16e.25a9718c.2cd1c264_at_aol.com> --part1_16e.25a9718c.2cd1c264_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi guys, Just got back in from watching the aurora (my talk went v well by the way! Thanks again to everyone who helped!) and it's been pretty impressive... I say *been* because the Lake District is now totally blanketted with cloud and mist - but the aurora is still visible as a very pale, powdery-green glow **behind** the cloud... Earlier the entire northern sky was full of milky-blue coloured beams, stretching up to the zenith, and occasionally they all merged together into a wall of light, tinged rose-red at the top... and in blank areas of sky rapidly-moving patches of paler red light could be seen fluttering in and out of view... Am going to grab an hour's sleep now, and when I wake hopefully the sky will be clear! Frost is forecast here tonight, so fingers crossed... and good luck all of you west of me, for whom night has yet to fall... Stu P.S. The Sun fired-off another big flare earlier today, so we may all get a second chance tomorrow night... --part1_16e.25a9718c.2cd1c264_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><FONT FACE=3Darial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=3D2 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE= =3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0">Hi guys,<BR> <BR> Just got back in from watching the aurora (my talk went v well by the way! T= hanks again to everyone who helped!) and it's been pretty impressive... I sa= y *been* because the Lake District is now totally blanketted with cloud and=20= mist - but the aurora is still visible as a very pale, powdery-green glow **= behind** the cloud... Earlier the entire northern sky was full of milky-blue= coloured beams, stretching up to the zenith, and occasionally they all merg= ed together into a wall of light, tinged rose-red at the top... and in blank= areas of sky rapidly-moving patches of paler red light could be seen flutte= ring in and out of view...<BR> <BR> Am going to grab an hour's sleep now, and when I wake hopefully the sky will= be clear! Frost is forecast here tonight, so fingers crossed... and good lu= ck all of you west of me, for whom night has yet to fall...<BR> <BR> Stu<BR> <BR> P.S. The Sun fired-off another big flare earlier today, so we may all get a=20= second chance tomorrow night...</FONT></HTML> --part1_16e.25a9718c.2cd1c264_boundary-- Received on Wed 29 Oct 2003 08:24:52 PM PST |
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