Aurora – Greg Laden's Blog https://gregladen.com/blog Fri, 12 Sep 2014 15:28:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 https://i0.wp.com/gregladen.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Greg_Ladens_Blog_Favicon_black_GLb.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Aurora – Greg Laden's Blog https://gregladen.com/blog 32 32 77525483 Don't forget to look up tonight! https://gregladen.com/blog/2014/09/12/dont-forget-to-look-up-tonight/ https://gregladen.com/blog/2014/09/12/dont-forget-to-look-up-tonight/#comments Fri, 12 Sep 2014 15:28:40 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=20320 Continue reading Don't forget to look up tonight! →]]> Auroras are amazing sites because they are, of course, impossible. When Amanda and I got married a year or so ago in northern Minnesota, there was an amazing Aurora, surpassing what anyone at the wedding had ever seen in the state. Big colored curtains of light.

Tonight, and over the weekend, the northern lights will be majorly large and extensive, and visible from very far away. The the graph above (from here) gives you an indication of where you might see them. Anywhere north of the solid green line has a chance, depending on local conditions.

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