i saw something in the sky and i didnt no wt it was nd mi m8 said it was the araura! we also saw death written in the sky when we were talking about death and he also said that was part of the aurora, was that true?
2007-10-18 08:48:16 · 14 answers · asked by steph g 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
aurora is brightly colored lights in the sky. They usually only happen at certain times of the year in the far northern hemisphere. They are also called the northern lights
You do not have to be at the north pole to see aurora. I saw it from Anchorage Alaska
2007-10-18 08:52:08 · answer #1 · answered by spunky monkey 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, it's quite possible you saw an aurora. But it depends on where you live.
Tonight and night after that there will be strong and active auroras visible in both high northern and low southern latitudes.
There's currently a huge "hole" in the Sun's corona and it let's a strong solar wind to blow trough. Tonight and tomorrow night it will reach Earth. Strong solar wind produces strong auroras.
Have a look at these maps of northern and southern hemispheres. If you live in the red, orange or yellow area, you can see auroras - provided the sky is both dark and clear.
http://www.sec.noaa.gov/pmap/index.html
(images are updated regularly)
An aurora is an event in which charged particles of solar wind collide with the atoms of Earth's atmosphere. These collisions produce light of different colours. This light we can see as the auroras. Because of Earth's magnetic field they can mostly be seen in both northern and southern polar latitudes.
Oh, and they are not dangerous - just beautiful. So they don't harbour death. C'mon...=)
2007-10-18 09:19:30 · answer #2 · answered by Spin Z 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
An aurora is a wavering glow of light that is seen sometimes in the night sky in the direction of the North or South poles.no
2007-10-18 08:52:46 · answer #3 · answered by hasna g 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Right now the auroral oval is extending well into the continental US -- as far south as southern Oregon, across Wyoming, Iowa, Kentucy, Penn, NY, and all of the New England states. but this is for weak intensity auroras (bright as dim stars, but still visible).
This may be what you saw -- a weak intensity aurora.
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2007-10-18 09:00:48 · answer #4 · answered by tlbs101 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you live in the north of Scotland and at the right time of year then you might have seen something,,Iceland in a week or two is a good place to see the Aurora Borialis
2007-10-18 08:51:56 · answer #5 · answered by McCanns are guilty 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
unless your in alaska i doubt you saw an aurora. you should google "auroro lights" and than that will show you what an aurora is.. um.. about the death thing in the sky.. um.. that could just be in your imagination.. so where do you get your weed from>? lol
2007-10-18 08:52:41 · answer #6 · answered by Jo 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Atmosphericoptics.com
Has great pictures if you want to see real aurora. Death? NO. BEAUTY??? DEFINATELY YES!
2007-10-18 09:53:33 · answer #7 · answered by B. 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Aurora is a town in illinois
2007-10-18 09:10:53 · answer #8 · answered by no_dream_selling 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
You may have seen green and coloured lights in the sky, which is northern lights. They can only be seen in the north pole AND in aberdeen. Basically they are reflections of the icebergs in the North pole. Either that or you were VERY drunk.
2007-10-18 09:21:14 · answer #9 · answered by Invisible Pink Unicorn 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
No because an aurora (or The Northern Lights) can only be seen at the North Pole. What you saw was probably a faint helicopter in the sky reflecting off of a nearby street light.
2007-10-18 08:51:57 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 8⤋