Comments on: Aurora Alert! https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/09/26/aurora-alert/ Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:45:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: NLaible https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/09/26/aurora-alert/#comment-508382 Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:45:29 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/09/26/aurora-alert/#comment-508382 Auroras have an additional beauty that few are aware of: the radio emissions they create. The eery audio and video are worth a watch.

]]> By: Jim https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/09/26/aurora-alert/#comment-508381 Tue, 27 Sep 2011 12:34:54 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/09/26/aurora-alert/#comment-508381 Thanks for the great helpful post.

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/09/26/aurora-alert/#comment-508380 Tue, 27 Sep 2011 05:34:19 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/09/26/aurora-alert/#comment-508380 I should mention, of course, that the evening Amanda and I got married, the sky was blanketed in a bright aurora so our guests went outside danced and chatted and hung out under the vast sheets of ionized air. Mainly blue.

My brother in law who is a unspectacular good astronomical photographer managed to film it. Or was that my sister who is a spectacularly good nature photographer. Anyway, we have it on video.

]]> By: MobiusKlein https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/09/26/aurora-alert/#comment-508379 Tue, 27 Sep 2011 04:19:06 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/09/26/aurora-alert/#comment-508379 I saw one on a plane ride in winter while over Greenland.
very faint.

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/09/26/aurora-alert/#comment-508378 Tue, 27 Sep 2011 02:07:15 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/09/26/aurora-alert/#comment-508378 Where?

]]> By: N.O. https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/09/26/aurora-alert/#comment-508377 Tue, 27 Sep 2011 01:42:21 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/09/26/aurora-alert/#comment-508377 That’s awesome! I’ve already seen one twice!

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