From the space weather folks
 

Space Weather News for August 17, 2006

http://spaceweather.com

AURORA WATCH: An explosion on the sun yesterday (Aug. 16) hurled a coronal
mass ejection (CME) toward Earth. The approaching cloud could spark a
geomagnetic storm when it arrives, probably on August 18th. Sky watchers
should be alert for auroras.

If a storm erupts, the best displays will be at higher latitudes: e.g.,
Alaska, Canada, and Scandinavia. However, auroras could descend to lower
latitudes, too, spreading across northern-tier US states from Maine to
Washington and elsewhere.

Sometimes during a geomagnetic storm, the sky appears to be blank--no
auroras. The display may be too faint to see with the unaided eye. Try using
your camera: a 15+ second exposure can reveal colorful auroras just below
the threshold of naked-eye visibility. An example of "photographic auroras"
over Colorado may be found in our most recent aurora gallery:

http://www.spaceweather.com/aurora/gallery_01aug06.htm

Please visit http://spaceweather.com for pictures of the August 16th
explosion and updates about the incoming CME.

From the space weather folks
 

Current Auroral Activity
http://www.sec.noaa.gov/pmap/

Auroral oval in the northern hemisphere
http://www.sec.noaa.gov/pmap/pmapN.html



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Space Weather News for August 17, 2006

http://spaceweather.com

AURORA WATCH: An explosion on the sun yesterday (Aug. 16) hurled a coronal
mass ejection (CME) toward Earth. The approaching cloud could spark a
geomagnetic storm when it arrives, probably on August 18th. Sky watchers
should be alert for auroras.

If a storm erupts, the best displays will be at higher latitudes: e.g.,
Alaska, Canada, and Scandinavia. However, auroras could descend to lower
latitudes, too, spreading across northern-tier US states from Maine to
Washington and elsewhere.

Sometimes during a geomagnetic storm, the sky appears to be blank--no
auroras. The display may be too faint to see with the unaided eye. Try
using
your camera: a 15+ second exposure can reveal colorful auroras just below
the threshold of naked-eye visibility. An example of "photographic
auroras"
over Colorado may be found in our most recent aurora gallery:

http://www.spaceweather.com/aurora/gallery_01aug06.htm

Please visit http://spaceweather.com for pictures of the August 16th
explosion and updates about the incoming CME.

From the space weather folks
 

Other than movies,magazines,I never have seen an Aurora Borealis in
person before.I guess I would like to,but they would have to drape their
curtains over Mississippi for me to see them,and that is not likely to
ever happen.
cuhulin