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(Message started by: taraann on Oct 30th, 2003, 8:34pm)

Title: I Saw The Northern Lights......
Post by taraann on Oct 30th, 2003, 8:34pm
AKA AURORA BOREALIS I saw them for the first time tonight!  [smiley=thumb.gif] I think its just so amazing and exciting! My cam sucks so I asked a friend of mine to photograph it.....So hopefully I'll some pics to post later.

I am just in awe they were so amazing!

Title: Re: I Saw The Northern Lights......
Post by jonny on Oct 30th, 2003, 8:37pm
Tara,

You need to get those pics for me.....Please

................................jonny

Title: Re: I Saw The Northern Lights......
Post by floridian on Oct 30th, 2003, 8:52pm
Saw them when I lived in Iceland, but they were pretty faint and it was cold. Wish I were there now.

Title: Re: I Saw The Northern Lights......
Post by Ree on Oct 30th, 2003, 8:58pm
COOL isn't it great when you get to see the gifts of nature up close like that... it makes me believe... love to you can't wait for the pics..............ree

Title: Re: I Saw The Northern Lights......
Post by OneEyeBlind on Oct 30th, 2003, 9:19pm
Wow, Tara, were you in Norway ???  You can see them from Norway, Iceland, Antartica.  When I went to Norway, I prayed to see them ..... but they never came.  Best time to see them is Nov/Dec I think.  And I was there for Thanksgiving.  Stared out the skylight all night long thinking I might catch a glimpse of them.  Alas, now I need to go back and see if I can catch them the next time around.  My brother, who moved to Norway just a few weeks ago has seen them already.  Said it is awsome !

Title: Re: I Saw The Northern Lights......
Post by brain_cramps on Oct 30th, 2003, 9:31pm
Up here, we get to see them just about every clear night.  Kinda amazed that they would amaze someone.  :o

jonny...      until saturday, i had hundreds of pics of them as well as nights with a bazillion stars.   accidentally formatted a 40GB external drive on saturday tho.     guess i start all over again.     >:(

grant              8)

Title: Re: I Saw The Northern Lights......
Post by taraann on Oct 30th, 2003, 10:17pm
Jonny if she gets a good pic of them I will definately post them.  

Nancy I'm in New Hampshire so seeing them here was a rare thing, it's got something to do with the flares the sun is putting off right now I believe.

Grant for some reason I have always wanted to see the Northern Lights, I remember the first time I ever really thought about them was after reading Pet Cemetary By Steven King when I was a teenager.  Then a couple years ago I watched the movie Frequency with my mom the Northern Lights were a main part of that movie and my mom was saying how amazing it would be to see them in real life and it struck me cause I had felt that way too.......So seeing them tonight was just really amazing to me, don't know why just was.

Title: Re: I Saw The Northern Lights......
Post by ClusterChuck on Oct 30th, 2003, 10:42pm
They are an AWSOME sight to behold!  I saw them, when I was in the US Navy (about 634 years ago, I think) stationed on a ship that was operating north of the Artic Circle.  I was a Radioman on board the ship, and when they were around, they knocked out all communications.   VERY impressive!  They reminded me of a long flowing curtain, fluttering in the breeze.

Somewhere, I do have pictures, but I haven't the faintest idea of where to find them!  Sorry, folks!

Chuck

Title: Re: I Saw The Northern Lights......
Post by Woobie on Oct 30th, 2003, 10:51pm
OK - i'm an idiot!

what are the northern lights????
[smiley=bag.gif]


Title: Re: I Saw The Northern Lights......
Post by taraann on Oct 30th, 2003, 11:11pm
Sorry Jonny but her pics didnt come out :'( which SUCKS....

And woobie I suck at explaining stuff like that sometimes so here's a good link about it http://www.exploratorium.edu/learning_studio/auroras/

Title: Re: I Saw The Northern Lights......
Post by brain_cramps on Oct 30th, 2003, 11:15pm
http://tinyurl.com/t3pu
http://tinyurl.com/t3pi
http://tinyurl.com/7irc

Pics taken near Fairbanks, Alaska
(not mine LOL)

Title: Re: I Saw The Northern Lights......
Post by Charlie on Oct 31st, 2003, 12:06am
Wow. I don't thing I've ever seen better pictures of an aurora . Just beautiful.

Charlie

Title: Re: I Saw The Northern Lights......
Post by Ueli on Oct 31st, 2003, 12:13am
They could have been visible here too - behind the fog and clouds.  :(

Some really awsome pictures you can see at:
http://science.nasa.gov/spaceweather/aurora/gallery_01oct03.html

Title: Re: I Saw The Northern Lights......
Post by tsayswhy on Oct 31st, 2003, 12:18am
from ontario we see the northern lights to on a clear night but not as nice as those pic.

we just see the streaks of colours going up to the sky
                               cool ;)

Title: Re: I Saw The Northern Lights......
Post by Woobie on Oct 31st, 2003, 1:59am
WOW WOW WOW

I have never even heard of this...I always thought Northern Lights had something to do with religion - but WOW - THAT is COOL!  

I just spent the last 45 min- hour reading about them... (thanks for the links Taraana and Ueli!)  That is sooo cool!  I love the pictures.

How lucky are you people that get to see this on a normal basis!!  You probably take it for granted.. huh?  I would LOVE to see one... just one.   I am gonna make Ramon take me someone one day so I can see one!  Until then.. i got some nice pics for my computer!!!

THANKS!!

Tina - (the idiot!)   :-*

Title: Re: I Saw The Northern Lights......
Post by juvy on Oct 31st, 2003, 4:22am
According to the news reports, due to solar flares from the sun this week.  The "northern lights" should have been viewable as far south as Texas.

Awesome picks.

~juvy

Title: Re: I Saw The Northern Lights......
Post by sandie99 on Oct 31st, 2003, 6:15am
Hi Tarann! :)

Northern lights are amazing! :)

I live in Finland and don't mind me saying, but we've got the best Northern Lights! :)

Don't believe me? Well, I challange each and everyone at ch.com to book a trip to the Finnish Lapland and see them for yourself! :)

Best wishes & PFdays,
sandie99

Title: Re: I Saw The Northern Lights......
Post by Woobie on Oct 31st, 2003, 6:22am
Jealous!!
You dont know how bad I wanna see these.. I cannot believe that I have never known about them.  Ramon's like "yeah... auroras."   Thbbbbbbbbb    :P

always the last to know  :-[... tina :-*

oh yeah.. and FINLAND??   I'll be right over!!

i wish

Title: Re: I Saw The Northern Lights......
Post by taraann on Oct 31st, 2003, 4:58pm
Well the weather forcaster said we might be able to see the Northern Lights again tonight....What a COOL Halloween!!!!!!!!!!

Title: Re: I Saw The Northern Lights......
Post by jonny on Oct 31st, 2003, 5:16pm
Thanks for the pics Ueli and Grant....fucking amazing to a guy that just shoots sunrises.

.................................jonny



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