[Lowfer] Aurora
John Andrews
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Fri, 31 Oct 2003 12:05:27 -0000
John,
> For once, you Yankees didn't keep all the pretty lights for yourselves.
We usually don't "keep" it. We usually put up clouds to keep our own people
from seeing it. It's incredible how many of these things we miss due to
weather.
> All in all, we had about 45 minutes of really good viewing here. At one
> point, the red in the northeast extended nearly 25 degrees above the
horizon
> and stretched surprisingly far toward the east. It was something to watch
> the Seven Sisters rising through auroral glow in the Deep South!
As you would expect, our display was longer and higher, but it otherwise
sounds very similar. And I also saw the girls through the red glow... they
were very pretty.
John A.