Last night a neighbor sent out an email with a photo of the northern lights that she had taken from her backyard.
Mrs. Paco and I went outside and took a gander, and the northern sky was indeed lit up with a rosy glow. This is the first time in our lives we ever saw this phenomenon.
Those are quite the view up north -- when I was in Alaska, I'd watch them dance across the sky. Looked like a massive laser show. Glorious!
ReplyDeleteNerd time:
This is from a hit by two coronal mass ejections (CME) from the sun -- they hit yesterday, and the resulting geomagnetic storms will be around through tonight.
This plays havoc with high frequency radio signals. Sometimes good, sometimes bad.
The website spaceweather.com tracks this stuff.