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Re: Polar lights
From: Michael Dorl
Date: 2004 Nov 8, 13:49 -0600
From: Michael Dorl
Date: 2004 Nov 8, 13:49 -0600
We saw it here in Madison WI also. Although diffuse, it was brighter than others I have seen. My wife first noticed it while we were in the city. We actually live about 15 miles south of the city and when we got home 3 hours later it was still going. At 12:48 PM 11/8/04 -0500, you wrote: >Last night, while measuring star distances >from my balcony, I saw an enormous strip of white >light in the sky which surprised me a lot. >This morning, specialists explained me that this >was aurora borealis, and that they expect it >this night again and the night tomorrow. > >I am at 40d 27.2' N, 86d55' W and the aurora >was visible in roughly NS direction, for >about an hour. Unfortunately I did not record the time >but this was between 8 and 10 p.m. > >Alex.
