When I got to my dark site I could see a bit of a pink aurora glow on the horizon, but nothing photogenic. This was about 9:30 pm local time. It appears that the storm ended (as far as chances for me in Nebraska) shortly after that. I was thinking that this was only the first incoming CME and so I stayed in the hopes that the 2nd CME might arrive earlier than expected, but now I read that the storm last night was from the 2ND CME. The Bz component stayed north for most of the evening (which supresses auroral activity) and it swung south apparently only briefly. That's a killer for me. The only time I've ever seen them this far south was with the aid of a southerly Bz component.
I'm quite sure, by the timing of Steve Sharpe's report and his far more northerly (and more easterly) location that he probably got some Good Ones. It would have gotten dark earlier for Steve's spot on the earth, as well. Please do share them, Steve! On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 9:22 AM, Christine Aguila <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. -- 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.
