Hi, David Dixon wrote: > I hate to say this Mike, but in Durham (about 15 miles away from you?) > we've had two fantastic nights of aurora - Wednesday night from 7pm to > 8pm had aurora over the whole Northern half of the sky, while last > night, despite the forecasts, the cloud suddenly cleared at 10pm to give > an utterly amazing display for over an hour, and all in the Southern > half of the sky! Many photos taken, but on the downside my Z-1 fatally > malfunctioned while shooting. I'll get the films developed tomorrow. > As you say, tonight has been relatively clear, but no signs of a repeat > performance (check out http://www.dcs.lancs.ac.uk/iono/aurorawatch/ for > a good predictor for current likelihood of aurora).
Aaaaarrrrrgh! More like five miles in a straight line. The joys of living near the coast... It was cloudy up to about 9.30 when I last looked and, as it looked like staying and I had to be up early, I didn't look again. Now to stay up all night.... 8-) Sorry to hear about your camera. mike
