Harvey
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How far in advance do you know about northern lights?
Total Solar Eclipse coming to NY: April 8, 2024
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jamesdeluxe
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That's what I was trying to convey to @TonyC, who sees it purely through the lens of an eclipse junkie.
Wonder if ya could see the lights in the sky from the magnetic earth when it goes “dark” during the eclipse for a few minutes. Might still be too bright out.
Maybe @TonyC knows.
edit: It won’t be dark enough to observe.
Best northern lights I ever observed was after a wedding on top of McCauley when we went out later that night on a pier on 4th lake near Inlet. Leaves were peak color too.
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jasonwx
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you don't ..some night are better, and of course weather dependent ..Iceland is just a example..any high latitude location usually works..
best time to see the northern lights in Iceland is in winter. Northern lights tours run in Iceland throughout the winter season, from September to April. That's because this is when nights are dark and long, giving you the best conditions to see this incredible display
There’s different colors and shimmering. Electromagnetic energy from the sun gets in the outer atmosphere around the earth’s poles & energizes it.
www.space.com
Scottie McRobbie’s astrology class at Potsdam.
He’s retired now but saw he won Fireman of the Year in Colton, NY.
Aurora Borealis: What Causes the Northern Lights & Where to See Them
The northern lights are an atmospheric phenomenon that's regarded as the Holy Grail of skywatching.
Scottie McRobbie’s astrology class at Potsdam.He’s retired now but saw he won Fireman of the Year in Colton, NY.
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Brownski
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Over my two summers in AK, I saw them a bunch of times but it was always in September as nights seemed to be getting 10- 20 minutes longer every day. Best one was on the Alaska Highway way up in the Yukon on the trip home at the end of my first season. Any aurora was beautiful and amazing but this one was next level. It filled the entire horizon, rolling by in ribbons, speeding up, slowing down, greens, purple… just mind blowing. Way better than an eclipse. Not even close.
Milo Maltbie
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Ya gotta go to know,
but ya don’t gotta go too far to find a total eclipse party in CNY April 8th.
Just another manic Monday.
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jamesdeluxe
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Mine didn't quite reach ^^ that level but was pretty impressive -- reminded me of Blue Oyster Cult's 1978 laser show!
2000yroldskier
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On Tony and Liz advice at Mammoth 2017 , I drove 750 miles RT to Idaho in august. It was an other worldly experience.
