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Northern Lights could be visible over UK skies tonight
Posted: 05 Aug 2010, 13:14
by Quiff Boy
Northern Lights visible from Bristol to Scotland tonight
The recent explosions on the sun that sent a ‘solar tsunami’ of superhot plasma into the Earth’s magnetic field could produce spectacular Northern Lights as far south as Bristol tonight.
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/837168-nort ... nd-tonight
Posted: 05 Aug 2010, 13:20
by Izzy HaveMercy
Saw it here in Belgium night before yesternight, a dark crimson glow, very cool!
IZ.
Posted: 05 Aug 2010, 13:21
by sam1
cool--I got a big f**k off telescope for my 40th earlier this year from the missus-so hopefully if it is a clear night,I can set it up in the back garden, get some beer and some sounds and watch the night sky
Will that be better than a Sisters gig???
Posted: 05 Aug 2010, 13:22
by weebleswobble
sam1 wrote:
Will that be better than a Sisters gig???
A 2010 gig or earlier?
Posted: 05 Aug 2010, 13:26
by sam1
weebleswobble wrote:sam1 wrote:
Will that be better than a Sisters gig???
A 2010 gig or earlier?
depends how tonight's gig goes---maybe they want to see the northern lights
Posted: 05 Aug 2010, 13:37
by Izzy HaveMercy
sam1 wrote:weebleswobble wrote:sam1 wrote:
Will that be better than a Sisters gig???
A 2010 gig or earlier?
depends how tonight's gig goes---maybe they want to see the northern lights
Trip on the Northern Lights Fantastic!
IZ.
Posted: 05 Aug 2010, 14:07
by Silver_Owl
Cool.
Posted: 05 Aug 2010, 22:12
by welshbiker
No solar flares over Cardiff, but the police 'copter is buzzing Grangetown, as always
Posted: 05 Aug 2010, 23:29
by Big Si
Black Sky, odd patch of Cloud.
Bunch of Meteorological Arse!
Posted: 06 Aug 2010, 03:05
by Memphis Rich
Overcast here. Saw a superb display in Scotland in 1989.
Posted: 06 Aug 2010, 08:18
by sam1
Unless all the northern lights were black----there was nothing up here
Posted: 06 Aug 2010, 08:53
by Silver_Owl
Nothing in Leamington Spa. Clear sky. Just the distant hum of...
We forgive as we forget somewhere in the ether.
Posted: 06 Aug 2010, 12:06
by Debaser
And it's meteor shower week next week