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Re: Polar lights
From: Marvin Sebourn
Date: 2004 Nov 8, 13:14 EST
From: Marvin Sebourn
Date: 2004 Nov 8, 13:14 EST
In a message dated 11/8/2004 11:49:41 AM Central Standard Time,
eremenko@MATH.PURDUE.EDU writes:
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.
Alex - I noticed the same on the evening of 7 Nov., traveling in
north-central Oklahoma while driving west on highway 412, approx. 36d
24'N, 97d 30'W. The time was 6:45 pm CST +/- 10 minutes.
The glow was white, with no color whatsoever observed. It was relatively
bright, appearing to be the glow of a major city in the distance, and
diffused. The sky was hazy with occasional light overcast.
Marvin
