Northern Lights

[narc]

BEST VISUALS EVER!

spent the last couple hours just watching them out in Pitt Lake...

btw: expect service disprutions and possible electrical blackouts this morning from the massive solar flare that hit earth at 1:30am this morning.

wmd whut whut.

[kAyB]

i know eh they r so beautiful while i was on holidays this yr at wells i saw them..

[hardstylin]

u should see them where i live there fuking insane looking huge thick and the change hardcore green pruple its nice.

[Richard_Pyra]

You can see them from Pitt Lake!?

[Tux]

Originally posted by hardstylin
u should see them where i live there fuking insane looking huge thick and the change hardcore green pruple its nice.

yea northern lights in fort nelson are alright.. but its much better in northern alberta around fort mcmurray.. crazy shit there.

BTW what do u do for fun in fort nelson? didnt find much there to do except hang around the fort nelson motel and watch the stripper + the fat lady in leather sing karaoke.. but then again you do have a subway and a laundromat that sells bison meat.. :hehe:

[narc]

massive solar flare hitting the earth = massive display of northern lights

(CNN) -- A big electrified gas cloud hurled by one of the largest solar flares on record began hitting Earth early Wednesday, triggering a major geomagnetic storm that has the ability to affect satellite radio communications and Earth-based electrical systems.

The fast-moving shock wave buffeted our planet at about 1 a.m. EST, much soon than expected. It arrived about 19 hours after the third largest solar flare on record erupted on the sun, according to Paal Brekke, a project scientist with the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), a sun-watching satellite mission jointly run by NASA and the European Space Agency.

Solar scientists expect strong to severe geomagnetic storm conditions to persist throughout the day, abating early Thursday.

Tuesday's flare outburst was classified an X17.2 flare, according Brekke. In comparison, two solar storms observed last week were between X1 and X5.

Flares also are often associated with coronal mass ejections, or CMEs, like the one that arrived Wednesday morning. Usually CMEs need several days to make the 93 million mile trip, but this one was one the fastest ever.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/1...orm/index.html




The event may also trigger spectacular aurorae (northern and southern lights). The best time to start watching is after 3:00 a.m. EST (12:00 a.m. PST) on the morning of October 29th.

The outburst on the morning of October 28th wasn't the only CME. One ejection swept past Earth on October 24th, buffeting Earth's magnetic field and inducing modest geomagnetic disturbances. Northern Europe saw some of the hoped-for auroras spawned by this event; other areas missed out.

http://skyandtelescope.com/observing...cle_1084_1.asp

[agent.starling]

i just got back from mexico about 2 days ago, and you would not believe the thunder and lightnight storm that was down there. you could lay on the sand near the ocean and watch the fork lightnight and the sheet lightning in the warm rainfall. it was so sexy!

-la.

[Ragga_Wh0re]

ive never seen northern lights:( but i saw "space junk" and that was purdy

[hardstylin]

Originally posted by Tux

yea northern lights in fort nelson are alright.. but its much better in northern alberta around fort mcmurray.. crazy shit there.

BTW what do u do for fun in fort nelson? didnt find much there to do except hang around the fort nelson motel and watch the stripper + the fat lady in leather sing karaoke.. but then again you do have a subway and a laundromat that sells bison meat.. :hehe:

for me i run paintball in fort nelson, the gym, hockey, in the winter party and go raving out of town.
ya hahahahahaha the fort the one and only bar in fort nelson that place is such a fucking dive and the stippers are fucking gross i dont even go anymore.

the north lights are alright from town there sick out by the golf course.

[LaMzWeLL]

thought this was about the bud northern lights...that's good shit too!!

[phatisphat]

dude i saw the northern lights from surrey last nite...really beautiful