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Northern light show on right now

Post by macdoc » Sun Jul 15, 2012 4:01 am

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Post by FBM » Sun Jul 15, 2012 4:08 am

Far out. If you go to the spaceweather.com link, scroll down and watch the time lapse vid, you can see not only the CME, but also a comet.
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Post by mistermack » Sun Jul 15, 2012 11:13 am

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Post by FBM » Sun Jul 15, 2012 11:28 am

mistermack wrote:Image
I shoulda done that...
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Re: Northern light show on right now

Post by MiM » Sun Jul 15, 2012 11:48 am

Still too much light for that here, even at midnight.
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Re: Northern light show on right now

Post by mistermack » Mon Jul 16, 2012 9:36 am

MiM wrote:Still too much light for that here, even at midnight.
??
Yeh but, no but, yeh but,

how can you take a picture of the sun in the dark?
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Post by Thinking Aloud » Mon Jul 16, 2012 9:55 am

The southern hemisphere got a rather nice Aurora Australis from this one.



(From some page on Facebook.)

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Post by FBM » Mon Jul 16, 2012 5:45 pm

Facking hell, I'll say! :ab:
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Re: Northern light show on right now

Post by macdoc » Mon Jul 16, 2012 7:55 pm

where was that from>
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Post by Thinking Aloud » Mon Jul 16, 2012 8:13 pm

macdoc wrote:where was that from>
Taken in Tasmania, I think. It was in a post on Facebook - possibly originating with ABC News, if I recall.

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