Northern Lights

IowaStatePhiPsi · #1 11-08-2004, 08:01 PM

Anyone see them last night? Good showing last night and tonight.

from http://www.spaceweather.com :
AURORA ALERT: An extreme geomagnetic storm, which began around 5 p.m. EST on Nov 7th, is subsiding now. At its peak, the storm produced Northern Lights as far south as Oklahoma and California in the United States: gallery. More auroras are possible tonight or tomorrow when a coronal mass ejection (CME) is due to hit Earth's magnetic field. Stay tuned!

Here's a pic of what some of it looked like from Ames last night:

Susan_Renee · #2 11-08-2004, 08:25 PM

I've always wanted to see the northern lights! How pretty!

kappaloo · #3 11-08-2004, 08:55 PM

I saw them one year at camp. They're so breathtaking.

Susan_Renee · #4 11-08-2004, 08:55 PM

i'll definitely have to go see them one day then.

cashmoney · #5 11-08-2004, 09:22 PM

I thought this thread would have been about weed.

IowaStatePhiPsi · #6 11-08-2004, 09:33 PM

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Originally posted by cashmoney
I thought this thread would have been about weed.

Is my username Optimus Prime?

honeychile · #7 11-08-2004, 09:36 PM

Wow!

I had a Scottish friend, actually a family, and Mary had a beautiful voice. Her favorite song was "The Northern Lights of Aberdeen", and when I saw this thread, a flood of memories swept over me!

Tippiechick · #8 11-08-2004, 09:58 PM

We saw them here in Tennessee last night. It was really pretty. It was not the 1st time we ever saw them, but it was still cool.

honeychile · #9 11-08-2004, 10:23 PM

I had to see if I could find this! As luck would have it, I can only sing it in a Scottish brogue!

Northern Lights Of Old Aberdeen

When I was a lad, a tiny wee lad
My mother said to me
Come see the Northern Lights my boy
They' re bright as they can be
She called them the heavenly dancers
Merry dancers in the sky
I'll never forget, that wonderful sight
They made the heav'ens bright

(chorus)
The Northern Lights of old Aberdeen
Mean home sweet home to me
The Northern Lights of old Aberdeen
Are what I long to see
I’ve been a wanderer all of my life
Any many a sight I've seen
God speed the day when l' m on my way
To my home in Aberdeen

I've wandered in many far-off lands
And travelled many a mile
I've missed the folk I cherished most
The joy of a friendly smile
It warms up the heart of a wand'rer
The clasp of a welcoming hand
To greet me when, I return
Home to my native land
(Chorus)

I'm such a softie - I have tears running down my face!

cash78mere · #10 11-08-2004, 10:37 PM

that is such a beautiful sight! i wish we could see them here in ny

mmcat · #11 11-08-2004, 11:48 PM

thank you for posting...
we didn't get them.
that's spectacular

aurora_borealis · #12 11-09-2004, 02:42 AM

I'm always around. Tee hee.

CutiePie2000 · #13 11-09-2004, 03:00 AM

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Originally posted by Tippiechick
We saw them here in Tennessee last night. It was really pretty. It was not the 1st time we ever saw them, but it was still cool.

Wow...I didn't know that you could see them as far south as Tennessee...maybe those are the Southern Lights?