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.
Like I said ... ...
DeleteThe solar flare triggered radio blackouts on the African and European continents and disrupted high-frequency communication on Earth's sunlit part.
My morning HF radio nets were bad to no contact.
https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2025/11/11/NOAA-solar-strongest-sun-flare-radio-blackout-Europe-Africa/7651762881694/
Wow. I would love to see the northern lights, but every single celestial event is the trigger for southwest Ohio to cloud up.
ReplyDeleteThe Northern Lights will get more common, because Global Warming is causing the sun to get hotter by more than 1.5 degrees, leading to more storms on the sun.
ReplyDeleteIt's settled science!