Northern Lights

[Ol'TrailDog]

Wow! Did anyone else see the northern lights last night. First noticed them around 2100 and they were still going strong at 0030 and 0200 this morning when I chucked another round in the wood stove.



I've heard it means its a precusor to cold weather on the way. Sometimes it does work out this way, but that all anecdotal as far as I know.

 

[wyosteve]

Hey TrailDog, glad someone else saw them. They were great, but still can't compare to seeing them while I was in the Yukon.

 

[Fireman Dave]

They were great here too. I saw them around 8:00pm.

 

[HoleshotHolset]

I missed out on the 'peak', but they were still VERY visible at 23:45 when I went to bed. Extremely cool, impressive sight.



I haven't seen 'em since I was about 8 or 10 snowmobiling in the White Mountains of NH. (Wentworth, Rumney, etc. )



Matt

 

[johnrv4]

I was checking them out standing on the roof of my house. I guess I should have been sitting down. I looked straight up at a moving one, and almost took a digger off the roof! It's been over ten years since I've seen them look like they did last night.

 

[ROADWARRIOR]

I checked them out a few times during the night. Started out looking white/red and the last time I looked, they were green.



Was this forecasted anywhere?



Dan

 

[HoleshotHolset]

Dan,



Check this page out: http://www.sel.noaa.gov/today.html



It has a wealth of info...



Matt

 

[Jeff H]

If some one can post a picture for me? A friend of mind from Grand Marias MN took an awsome picture. You can see the northern lights. Then on the bottom it reflects off the lake.

 

[NCovey]

We saw them here in Missouri Sunday night. We got to see red, blue, and green.

 

[rabsyeeha]

A late response, but the lights were pretty incredible. Question for Fireman Dave - what department are you with?



Thanks.

Fireman Steve.

 

[jtisdale]

They were awesome. My wife had never seen them before, and she was a little freaked out... (more than usual).

 

[Fireman Dave]

Steve,



I'm with Green Lake (WI). Where are you?



Dave

A late response, but the lights were pretty incredible. Question for Fireman Dave - what department are you with?



Thanks.

Fireman Steve.

 

[wyosteve]

I used to scuba dive/spear fish in Green Lake. Is the water clarity still good?

 

[Fireman Dave]

Yes Steve, it's still pretty good - depends on the time of year, of course. You know how it is, though - I live here and hardly ever get out on the lake. My playtime on the lake usually consists of dropping a hard suction line into it to draft water out.

I used to scuba dive/spear fish in Green Lake. Is the water clarity still good?

 

[bmoeller]

I've seen the N. Lights before when I was maybe 8-10 yrs. old. Saw them this time also. Very cool to see. Very bright and colorful.

 

[JR2]

The Northerlights are very cool and seeing anything but green is fairly rare. I work in the oilfields of Northern Alaska and see the lights all winter, but getting the good shows (red, white, green, blueish, etc) is rare. They are not such a novelty up here, but I still stop the truck and have a look at a real good show.

 

[WaynesWorld]

Did anybody take any pictures for the ones who didn't see them?

Meds from surgery put me to sleep way too early.



Thanks,

WAYNES WORLD

 

[rabsyeeha]

Dave, I'm with Okauchee Fire.

 

[rabsyeeha]

Sorry Dave, to clarify: I'm with Okauchee FD, WI, Waukesha County.



Steve.