The Northern Lights

...on another note, I'm still waiting for my damn 5th red star.  That is also on my bucket list.  Seem to have been going on forever.  At this rate, I'll be 200 year old by the time I get my first purple star

TB, T/fish used to appear regularly on here crying foul at His lack of Purp, now He can be seen running down the corridors of HO clicking His heels & whooping with joy. Keep the faith Girl-it's on its way

Very little light pollution here on the moors, but I've never had a glimpse. High on my wish list though....

If you sign up to Aurorawatch and go out in the early hours after a red alert and look north, you will.

Not every time but you will eventually from the Lancs moors. The Aurorawatch magnatometer is in Lancaster

Friends on Orkney often get good views of the Northern Lights or you could try a trip to Canada!

My second purple seems a very long time coming tombar!  I know the feeling.  Seems like there are a few ways to see them - I believe I could fly out of Humberside to try and take a look - but it would have to be on the right night!  A friend went on a special trip and didn't see them but said going dog sledging made up for the disappointment! 

It was also on my bucket list and I'm pleased to say that I saw them this year (Feb) by going on a two week cruise to the North Cape to celebrate our silver wedding.   They were spectacular and a definite 'to do' thing.    It was certainly a good way to see them from the middle of the sea - no light pollution there

My second purple seems a very long time coming tombar!  I know the feeling.  Seems like there are a few ways to see them - I believe I could fly out of Humberside to try and take a look - but it would have to be on the right night!  A friend went on a special trip and didn't see them but said going dog sledging made up for the disappointment! 

We also did dog sledding and it was fantastic - by pure chance we saw the lights at the same time

Just seen on the news a picture of the lights from last night, 15 miles up the road from me!

It seems despite the retraction of the Red alert from Aurora Watch there was an event last night. Arrgh!

It's been changed Pippah. Someone disturbed the Magnetometer with a lawnmower. Not joking.

Back to Green now

Write your comments here...Was this "cutting edge" technology?

My girlfriemd paid a quite ridiculous amount for a trip to Iceland to see the Northens Lights.  We saw nothing at all.  The guarantee that we would see something amounted to the bus trip out of the light polution being repeated for free until we did see something - however we have to pay our own trip back to Iceland to do this.

Also the most expensive place in the world to buy beer - and they make their own up there.