The Northern Lights

Nice, the aurora map I watch last night had pretty much the entire UK covered. never seen that before. Typically cloudy everywhere.
 
West of the UK supposedly getting them tonight after 9pm, as far south as Glasgow, some reports claim.
 
Some fab pics being posted tonight…..but none in South Manchester unfortunately.

Any from Bluex further afield? I’ve seen pics from Cumbria, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Northumbria …all spectacular
 
My niece flew to Iceland but saw nothing. While she was away the Aurora appeared in Yorkshire, not far from her home!
 
KS55 said:
My niece flew to Iceland but saw nothing. While she was away the Aurora appeared in Yorkshire, not far from her home!
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A bit 'off topic', but that reminds me of the time the Lavinda family went on a six-hour whale watching trip from Mull. It cost a fortune, poured down solidly for the whole trip, and we saw nothing. Not even a porpoise.
Meanwhile, back in Mull, people sat in the pub enjoying an hour watching a fin whale swimming around in the harbour.
 
We dont have northern lights down saff because we have one of Europe's biggest light polluter. It can be seen for miles and our little village glows orange. Its amazing what big companies can get away with.

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This bottom picture is like the view from where we live.

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Psychedelic Casual said:
How do you get the Aurora in Idaho and we don’t in Manchester when we’re about 10° further North than you?
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Although Manchester is closer to the geographic north pole, Idaho may be closer to the magnetic north pole (which is in northern Canada) and it is the charged particles being funnelled in to the magnetic poles that causes the aurora. Plus you probably have far better chances of dark skies in Idaho than Manchester which makes it easier to see.
 
We don't get to see it in Manchester because it's always pissing down when it decides to play out.
Plus we don't have proper darkness as we live in an Amber coloured world at night because of all the light pollution
 
Gremlin said:
Looks like some of the ones my brother has done. He lives in Tassie as well.
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Yep we get great displays of the Southern Lights (Aurora Australis).

Hobart is 42 degrees south (about the same latitude as Bordeaux)
 
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