[Scan-DC] Conditions-Addendum

[Charles Lawson]

b_thom at juno.com on Sunday, 2005-09-11 at 13:40 -0500 wrote:
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>I've never seen one here, "here" being northern VA, which is a little shy
>
>of 39 degrees north. Even so, the lights here would wash out anything.

Yes, you need to get away from the city lights, but you can see
magnificent aurorae in Northern VA and we'll probably get a good chance
this week.  I have spent time in some northern latitudes and have seen
some nice aurorae there, but I've never seen a display more fantastic than
what I saw in Ashburn, VA in Nov., 2001.  The entire northern sky was
brilliantly illuminated by nearly the whole spectrum of visible colors and
the display--which lasted about two hours--wasn't even washed out by the
nearly full moon as it rose.  Be prepared to head out of town and to stay
up late this week; you will not want to miss a big geomagnetic storm
if/when it strikes over the next few days.

Chas.

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