Northern Lights this weekend

There was a very strong sunspot that occurred yesterday that should lead to a good chance to see Aurora's this weekend. Its supposed to be clear so look north.

peakbagger said:

There was a very strong sunspot that occurred yesterday that should lead to a good chance to see Aurora's this weekend. Its supposed to be clear so look north.

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Right now, there is a tree blocking my view, and it's pretty bright outside!

Nothing visible currently on a clear night near the border of the great north woods.

Not tonight-- Sat and Sunday night. http://www.gi.alaska.edu/AuroraForecast/NorthAmerica/2012/07/14

Saturday night we did a sunset/night hike up Mt Agassiz (short, fairly steep hike up a private road on which hikers are allowed) to see what we could see. Mt Agassiz has a great view south over Cleveland to Garfield, Lafayette and Cannon and while we enjoyed the exercise, views and nearly running into 2 gray fox on the way out, we did not see any Northern Lights .

I didnt see anything but it was quite hazy.

No Luck in VT

A lucky photographer in NY got this spectacular shot at Elk Lake:

http://spaceweather.com/submissions...urora-Borealis-July-2012_900px_1342403478.jpg

Nothing seen from my back yard in the NE suburbs of Boston Sat and Sun nights. I have a moderately good view to the N, but the horizon is blocked by trees and there is significant light pollution.

Doug

Tim Seaver said:

A lucky photographer in NY got this spectacular shot at Elk Lake:

http://spaceweather.com/submissions...urora-Borealis-July-2012_900px_1342403478.jpg

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Truly, a spectacular shot!

J&J said:

Truly, a spectacular shot!

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Indeed. Beautiful.

Tim Seaver said:

A lucky photographer in NY got this spectacular shot at Elk Lake:

http://spaceweather.com/submissions...urora-Borealis-July-2012_900px_1342403478.jpg

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And he is one of the youngest Winter 46'ers as well.

Courtesy of "Mountain View Photography". I don't know who this is but they got a great picture over Chocorua.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mountain-View-Photography

We hung out at the overlook at the Cannon Exit until 11:15-- great view North, although some light pollution from Littleton. A couple of locals were there. One said that viewing is typically better in the wee hours. We were too tired to wait further. Oh well.

I was at Chocorua with Glen from Mountain View Photography above as well...here's my rendition:


Aurora Over Chocorua Lake by Jim Salge, on Flickr

My buddy Ryan Knapp, an observer at MWObs also did a timelapse from there:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u23xhYlN7l0

But I'll tell you...I wish our lights looked like that Daks shot above! That's killer!

We stayed at Madison Hut Sunday night and I was hoping for some sort of light show from Mother Nature, either Northern Lights or a great T-storm, but there was nothing. From the looks of the hut when we left there Monday afternoon, I'd say there was a great show there overnight.

PamW said:

Not tonight-- Sat and Sunday night. http://www.gi.alaska.edu/AuroraForecast/NorthAmerica/2012/07/14

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You can sign up for email notifications regarding solar activity and northern lights from the website listed by PamW. Now I wont always be the last to know about these things!!

dentonfabrics said:

You can sign up for email notifications regarding solar activity and northern lights from the website listed by PamW. Now I wont always be the last to know about these things!!

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Thanks so much for noting this! Can't wait for my first notification!