Wow! Hope you all nighted was fruitful! Thanks for the heads up, though I have to admit, I went to the sites posted below and didn’t quite understand much :-).
Cheers, Christine On Sep 12, 2014, at 6:34 PM, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: > We had, not one, but TWO earth-directed CMEs last week and the first > is already causing an awesome geomagnetic storm. If you are 40th > latitude or above (and maybe farther south) it may be worth your time > to venture out of city lights tonight and take some 15-30 second > exposures of the northern horizon. You may be surprised at what you > see. > > The 2nd CME was ejected from the sun faster than the first and is > expected to deliver a rare potent ONE-TWO punch to the magnetosphere > (possibly overnight). I'm leaving shortly to head 100 miles west or so > where I have probably clear skies tonight. > > For all your aurora needs: http://www.solarham.net/ > > Specifically: current conditions http://www.solarham.net/oval.htm > and forecast: http://www.solarham.net/planetk.htm > (The forecast 3 hrs from now looks superb). > > Hoping for something like this earlier effort from south-central > Nebraska (near the 40th latitude): > https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/7573641166/ > > Good luck everyone! I may be pulling an "all nighter". > > -- > Photographers must learn not to be ashamed to have their photographs > look like photographs. > ~ Alfred Stieglitz > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
