The Most Beautiful Thing in the World

[JJChicken]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_(astronomy)

I never heard of them before. Man are they supernatural or what?

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Had you heard of the "Northern Lights"?

 

[ForumMaster]

is that a question? they've existed for the last couple hundred million years. it is a result of gamma rays and other such particles colliding and being defelected by earth's magnetic field.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
Had you heard of the "Northern Lights"?

Overrated

 

[JJChicken]

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
Had you heard of the "Northern Lights"?

i saw a photo on it on wiki. are they relatively common occurances far north?

 

[Anubis]

are you like 5?

 

[JJChicken]

Originally posted by: Anubis
are you like 5?

well i come from australia. only one of my friends knew about it and told me to google it today. its pretty darn fascinating to see something like this for the first time.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: Allen Iverson

Originally posted by: Anubis
are you like 5?

well i come from australia. only one of my friends knew about it and told me to google it today. its pretty darn fascinating to see something like this for the first time.

Well that explains not hearing about the Northern Lights I guess

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: Allen Iverson

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
Had you heard of the "Northern Lights"?

i saw a photo on it on wiki. are they relatively common occurances far north?

They're concentrated at the poles. I'm in Wisconsin which is fairly high up for the continental US and I only remember a couple of times when the aurora was supposedly strong enough to be seen at this latitude... but I've never actually seen it myself.

 

[JJChicken]

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello

Originally posted by: Allen Iverson

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
Had you heard of the "Northern Lights"?

i saw a photo on it on wiki. are they relatively common occurances far north?

They're concentrated at the poles. I'm in Wisconsin which is fairly high up for the continental US and I only remember a couple of times when the aurora was supposedly strong enough to be seen at this latitude... but I've never actually seen it myself.

have you ever considered travelling even further up north to check it out. seems like something to do once in a lifetime at least. reminds me of final fantasy 7 and the life stream

 

[Cattlegod]

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello

Originally posted by: Allen Iverson

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
Had you heard of the "Northern Lights"?

i saw a photo on it on wiki. are they relatively common occurances far north?

They're concentrated at the poles. I'm in Wisconsin which is fairly high up for the continental US and I only remember a couple of times when the aurora was supposedly strong enough to be seen at this latitude... but I've never actually seen it myself.

I was up in Houghton, MI going to college and saw them once during a late night swim. It was pretty cool

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: Allen Iverson

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello

Originally posted by: Allen Iverson

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
Had you heard of the "Northern Lights"?

i saw a photo on it on wiki. are they relatively common occurances far north?

They're concentrated at the poles. I'm in Wisconsin which is fairly high up for the continental US and I only remember a couple of times when the aurora was supposedly strong enough to be seen at this latitude... but I've never actually seen it myself.

have you ever considered travelling even further up north to check it out. seems like something to do once in a lifetime at least. reminds me of final fantasy 7 and the life stream

I imagine I might someday. I've been to Canada a couple times but not really anything far north. At this point in my life I think I'd have to have a better reason to take a trip than to just see them though

 

[DaWhim]

Originally posted by: Cattlegod

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello

Originally posted by: Allen Iverson

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
Had you heard of the "Northern Lights"?

i saw a photo on it on wiki. are they relatively common occurances far north?

They're concentrated at the poles. I'm in Wisconsin which is fairly high up for the continental US and I only remember a couple of times when the aurora was supposedly strong enough to be seen at this latitude... but I've never actually seen it myself.

I was up in Houghton, MI going to college and saw them once during a late night swim. It was pretty cool

doesn't that only occur in the winter? and you went for a late night swim?

 

[Cattlegod]

Originally posted by: DaWhim

Originally posted by: Cattlegod

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello

Originally posted by: Allen Iverson

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
Had you heard of the "Northern Lights"?

i saw a photo on it on wiki. are they relatively common occurances far north?

They're concentrated at the poles. I'm in Wisconsin which is fairly high up for the continental US and I only remember a couple of times when the aurora was supposedly strong enough to be seen at this latitude... but I've never actually seen it myself.

I was up in Houghton, MI going to college and saw them once during a late night swim. It was pretty cool

doesn't that only occur in the winter? and you went for a late night swim?

it was sometime the fall. Yep, swimming in a pod, sometime between 10:00 pm and 2AM.

 

[FeuerFrei]

I've only seen an aurora once and that was here in Texas, back in the early '90s I think. A very unusual circumstance. It was basically a bright red glow that lit up a big chunk of the sky. One of the non-beautiful types IMO.

 

[mundane]

In my haste, I read it as "Areola". I do think it fits the topic title better.

 

[iamaelephant]

You can see them from Australia, in fact the auroras in the southern hemisphere are called Aurora Australis (as opposed to Aurora Borealis). You can get notified of when they will strike, astronomers can observe events that lead to strong solar winds and because the particles don't move at light speed you get a day or two notice. If you're in Australia, get as far south as you can, away from city lights and you should see it.

Supernatural? WTF? Try reading the article you linked to.

 

[Looney]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
Had you heard of the "Northern Lights"?

Overrated

Overrated if you've never seen one before. I haven't, but i can only imagine how beautiful it would be. Heck, i'm amazed when i go camping in Algonquin park, where you're hours away from any large city, and look up into the night sky and literally see millions of stars... it's almost like a photographic picture of the milkyway.

 

[JJChicken]

Originally posted by: iamaelephant
You can see them from Australia, in fact the auroras in the southern hemisphere are called Aurora Australis (as opposed to Aurora Borealis). You can get notified of when they will strike, astronomers can observe events that lead to strong solar winds and because the particles don't move at light speed you get a day or two notice. If you're in Australia, get as far south as you can, away from city lights and you should see it.

Supernatural? WTF? Try reading the article you linked to.

na lol i read the article. i think i phrased myself wrong. i meant supernatural in the "omg its so unbelievable i cant believe its not butter" way, not as in defying physics or anything

 

[iamaelephant]

Originally posted by: Allen Iverson

Originally posted by: iamaelephant
You can see them from Australia, in fact the auroras in the southern hemisphere are called Aurora Australis (as opposed to Aurora Borealis). You can get notified of when they will strike, astronomers can observe events that lead to strong solar winds and because the particles don't move at light speed you get a day or two notice. If you're in Australia, get as far south as you can, away from city lights and you should see it.

Supernatural? WTF? Try reading the article you linked to.

na lol i read the article. i think i phrased myself wrong. i meant supernatural in the "omg its so unbelievable i cant believe its not butter" way, not as in defying physics or anything

So you meant supernatural, as in, not supernatural? Whatever.

 

[Stiganator]

I see them all the time in rural Minnesota during the winter, but they are much better in Alaska.

 

[sandorski]

They are awesome. Nothing like seeing them on a warm summer night on the prairie. If it's quiet enough you can hear them as well.

 

[50cent1228]

seen so many time while i visited alaska

 

[iamaelephant]

Originally posted by: sandorski
They are awesome. Nothing like seeing them on a warm summer night on the prairie. If it's quiet enough you can hear them as well.

Interestingly, auroral sounds are a subject of some debate, but it is widely acknowledged that auroral sounds don't really exist - you hear the sound because you expect to hear a sound. The sound is produced in your head.

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: iamaelephant

Originally posted by: sandorski
They are awesome. Nothing like seeing them on a warm summer night on the prairie. If it's quiet enough you can hear them as well.

Interestingly, auroral sounds are a subject of some debate, but it is widely acknowledged that auroral sounds don't really exist - you hear the sound because you expect to hear a sound. The sound is produced in your head.

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