2007-12-27 10:28:48 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Hey Tommy;
I live in and around the Chicago area, which means I have to deal with a lot of light pollution in order to see the night sky...
Drag.
There was one August night I'll never forget, though...
My (then) wife and I were out at around 2:00am to watch the Persied meteor shower (Aug. 12/13) and she just happened to look toward the north...
She asked me, "What the fuzz (paraphrase) is that?"
She had noticed the sky changing colors, almost FLASHING colors...
She'd never seen the Aurora Borealis, (and I'd only seen it a few time before).
It was absolutely brilliant!
The most talented artist of all time wouldn't have been able to re- create the pallette of colors I witnessed that night... let alone the really cool meteor shower!
Awesome!
Cheers, and Happy New Year!
Bobby
2007-12-27 11:08:20 · answer #1 · answered by Bobby 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that this year's Nebraska Star Party is the first time in the last six years I've been to the event that I haven't seen one during the weeklong event.
My favorite one though was the one in May 2005 that I could see clearly across the sky in Lincoln, Nebraska. I'm posting the link to the photos I took of that one and the one in November 2004 taken from the same location. Mind you, the location was on the South side of town, close to the center, so I had to see this through lots of light, much of it you can see in the streetlights that were around me at the apartment complex I was living in at the time. One of my favorite photos is a panoramic I took at the time.
2007-12-27 19:03:11 · answer #2 · answered by TripCyclone 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I have numerous times, go to spaceweather.com and you can learn all about the aurora borealis, ( Northern lights)
2007-12-27 18:34:58 · answer #3 · answered by SPACEGUY 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure. Many times. It's a common sight in northern parts of the world.
2007-12-27 19:00:13 · answer #4 · answered by laurahal42 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I am missing that. But I would like to see a huge one, green, high in the sky, slowly moving like a curtain, in silence, opening some mouths in awe, while others sleep in their beds having sweet dreams.
2007-12-28 01:21:40 · answer #5 · answered by Asker 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Once, about 30 years ago during a cruise to Alaska.
Absolutely amazing. And totally unforgettable.
2007-12-27 22:48:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've only seen it in pictures.
the ones on Jupiter look amazing, they're something like 100 times the size of earth's.
also it's moons interact with the field making some changes in the light structure.
http://www.stsci.edu/~inr/thisweek1/thisweek/jupiter-aurora.jpg
2007-12-27 22:48:45 · answer #7 · answered by Mercury 2010 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, many times. It can sometimes be quite spectacular, almost scary (more eerie I think would be a better description).
2007-12-27 20:07:20 · answer #8 · answered by busterwasmycat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have, a couple of times. Incredibly beautiful!
2007-12-28 09:26:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many times, and it is spectacular.
2007-12-27 19:52:30 · answer #10 · answered by Manwae 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋