i just got home from my sunday night gig and looked up at the sky. to my great delight there was the aurora borealis in it’s full glory. stunning!
…this far south? At this time of year? In your kitchen???
D’oh!!!
You Lucky Bugger! Too many lights around my area. I’m driving north of Detroit tonight so I can see them. I hear they’ll be visible for the next couple of days. I’ve never seen them. It’s a quest!
Growing up in Minnesota, the ‘Northern Lights’ were a fairly common thing, and usually considered to be a herald of colder weather…the furhter north you go, the more brilliant they become. I remember accompanying my dad to Great Slave Lake as a kid one year, and the Northern Lights were outstandingly vibrant and animated…cool stuff Maynard!
They could be seen in Colorado last night, and they’re predicting (depending on how cloudy) that they’ll be seen again tonight.
Question for our friends in Oz: I understand that there are auroras in the Antarctic. Can these be seen from Australia, or are you too far north for this?
djm
north east u.s. dear aus.
Hey, Marc -
I flew into Detroit late Sunday night and drove to Auburn Hills at around midnight. You could see it very well.
- tw
9:30 PM Monday night here in Denver, and no sign of the ‘AB’… though there’s a fair amount of surface to air light pollution.
sigh
Sorry oleo…I was in a Simpsons kind of mood and your initial post reminded me of an episode where Principle Skinner’s kitchen was on fire and when questioned about the red glow coming from behind the door he made the excuse that it was the northern lights… 
Didn’t mean to sound as though I didn’t beleive you 
CHeers,
DG
Well, I’m an Aussie piper (actually I have US citizenship too - born in Virginia to Aussie parents, grew up in Oz) but I live in Brisbane (Pronounced - Briz/bn, not BrizBain) which is in the sub-tropical zone, so no auroras here. I read that they are mostly visible within 20 degrees of the poles, so places like Tasmania may get them, but I’m not sure.
Any Tassie pipers here can confirm? No kitchens on fire down there??
Cheers,
DavidG
You can see them in Washington and Oregon as well (if the clouds aren’t blocking the sky). Quite beautiful.
Dionys
What stuns me is their silence. I keep expecting to hear flag-like flapping noises, but there’s just those wild sheets of light, and silence.
no offence taken dag. we’re cool. my location is not very descriptive.
You need to be in a quiet place, and no wind blowing. You can hear an occasional faint crackle in the air, but only if it is very still around you.
djm
I SAW THEM!!!
At last, at last!
I know what you mean, Marc. I had always wanted to see them. I figured I would die before I ever did. But, wow, there they were.
In SB Tom?
PD.
What? You can’t here them? More like waves rushing over sand though.
Royce
(Remember, I prefer opiates…try changing your medication.)
They move a lot faster than I thought, too. Did anyone in Europe get a good show?
Marc