The Diary is an avid follower of AuroraWatch UK, that splendid site run by Lancaster University which gives watchers of the Northern Lights warning of potential events.With the sun not behaving in its 11-year solar cycle, and with sunspot activity long overdue, we've had virtually nothing other than the occasional 'amber' warning. Then, last night, as this graph (taken from AuroraWatch's site, here), there was a major event.
Not that The Diary was awake to see either the event or the warning email which AuroraWatch sends to anyone who signs up to their site, but it's exciting as it suggests that the sun is coming to life and that we may have some spectacular events during the winter.
That is, if the clouds clear.
We are very interested in this as well, we receive an e-mail every time there in an alert. The only problem is that it would take us 9 hours to get there to see it.
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A lot of Amazing photos! of AURORA from yesterday
ReplyDeleteCheck out this video of the Aurora from the Isle of Lewis yesterday....amazing!
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The video was from the Eoropie tearoom Facebook page