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cats16 Half-elven May 11, 2:40am Views: 6471 The Northern Lights Anyone in the Northern U.S. get to see it tonight?? For those going "huh?" there's a very strong solar storm happening right now, resulting in the aurora borealis being visible farther south than usual. Join us every weekend in the Hobbit movie forum for this week's CHOW (Chapter of the Week) discussion!

Ataahua Forum Admin / Moderator May 11, 3:59am Views: 5956 I'll try to remember to pop outside tonight as the Aurora Australis is meant to be going off too. Last night in Christchurch there was a red light to the sky, and there's talk of it being visible even in Auckland tonight. Celebrimbor: "Pretty rings..." Dwarves: "Pretty rings..." Men: "Pretty rings..." Sauron: "Mine's better." "Ah, how ironic, the addictive qualities of Sauron’s master weapon led to its own destruction. Which just goes to show, kids - if you want two small and noble souls to succeed on a mission of dire importance... send an evil-minded beggar with them too." - Gandalf's Diaries, final par, by Ufthak. Fantasy novel - The Arcanist's Tattoo My LOTR fan-fiction

dernwyn Forum Admin / Moderator May 11, 11:41am Views: 5929 Too cloudy And clouds today. As Lucy from "Peanuts" would say, you'd think they'd schedule these things better! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "I desired dragons with a profound desire"

Greenwood Hobbit Valinor May 11, 12:22pm Views: 5927 I'm in NW England by the sea and for the first time ever, I saw them properly. Not the glorious rippling curtains of the Arctic skies, but from what at first I thought to be a misty cloud, slowly growing casual sweeping brushstrokes spread up the sky over the sea and up above me which became tinged with red, framing Ursa Major. Others with cameras took photos showing far more definition and colour, but I'm just delighted to have seen them. There's a possibility of seeing them tonight too. Fingers crossed!

grammaboodawg Immortal May 11, 1:26pm Views: 5924 We saw them in mid-Michigan! They were struggling to get through some cloud-cover; but they definitely were very busy doing their thing!! We're supposed to be able to see them tonight (Saturday) and Sunday; but we have rain all of today and tonight... so the odds are thin. We have been there and back again. TIME Google Calendar

Annael Immortal May 11, 3:27pm Views: 5916 I was out past midnight snapping photos. My own eyes just saw streaks and a faint wash of color, but my camera got some amazing blues, greens, and purples! A first for me, if you don't count seeing the aurora from a plane once while flying over Canada. Usually when the aurora comes south of the border, it's cloudy here. I am a dreamer of words, of written words. -- Gaston Bachelard * * * * * * * * * * NARF and member of Deplorable Cultus since 1967 (This post was edited by Annael on May 11, 3:28pm)

Otaku-sempai Immortal May 11, 6:30pm Views: 5901 Too Much Light Pollution! The lights of Buffalo and Niagara Falls overwhelmed the aurora for us. And tonight looks to be too cloudy. “Hell hath no fury like that of the uninvolved.” - Tony Isabella

Ataahua Forum Admin / Moderator May 11, 9:29pm Views: 5874 Same. There are heaps of great aurora photos taken all across NZ - https://www.stuff.co.nz/...aroa-due-space-storm - but by the time I got outside, cloud had rolled in. Celebrimbor: "Pretty rings..." Dwarves: "Pretty rings..." Men: "Pretty rings..." Sauron: "Mine's better." "Ah, how ironic, the addictive qualities of Sauron’s master weapon led to its own destruction. Which just goes to show, kids - if you want two small and noble souls to succeed on a mission of dire importance... send an evil-minded beggar with them too." - Gandalf's Diaries, final par, by Ufthak. Fantasy novel - The Arcanist's Tattoo My LOTR fan-fiction

Kimi Forum Admin / Moderator May 12, 1:54am Views: 5850 They looked glorious in other people's pictures :) Visible much, much further north than usual here in Aotearoa, but not *quite* north enough for us. Crystal clear skies, and we're in a rural area with little light pollution, so it would've been perfect apart from the small matter of not living in the right place! I'm very happy for those of you who did get to see them. The Passing of Mistress Rose My historical novels Do we find happiness so often that we should turn it off the box when it happens to sit there? - A Room With a View

cats16 Half-elven May 12, 4:42am Views: 5610 That's great! Glad you lucked out and had a clear night. Join us every weekend in the Hobbit movie forum for this week's CHOW (Chapter of the Week) discussion!

cats16 Half-elven May 12, 4:43am Views: 5609 Drat! To think some folks were lucky enough to get this and the total solar eclipse within about a month of each other! Join us every weekend in the Hobbit movie forum for this week's CHOW (Chapter of the Week) discussion!

cats16 Half-elven May 12, 4:43am Views: 5608 How cool! Hope you got to see them again tonight! Join us every weekend in the Hobbit movie forum for this week's CHOW (Chapter of the Week) discussion!

cats16 Half-elven May 12, 4:44am Views: 5607 Dang! 0 for 2 for the Niagara Falls region, between this and the eclipse... Join us every weekend in the Hobbit movie forum for this week's CHOW (Chapter of the Week) discussion!

cats16 Half-elven May 12, 4:45am Views: 5604 Hope you got some luck and the clouds parted a little tonight! //   Join us every weekend in the Hobbit movie forum for this week's CHOW (Chapter of the Week) discussion!

Aunt Dora Baggins Immortal May 13, 4:11am Views: 5459 We saw them in Colorado. They were barely visible with the naked eye, but the camera picked them up pretty well when I set the ISO to 1600. The coolest thing was so subtle I wasn't sure I was really seeing it: I recently had cataract surgery and sometimes I get flashing lights in my eyes. But based on what other people said I think it was real; for just a few seconds I saw waves of light sweeping across the sky from north to south, traveling unimaginably fast, about two seconds for each wave all the way across the sky. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GNU Terry Pratchett ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "For DORA BAGGINS in memory of a LONG correspondence, with love from Bilbo; on a large wastebasket. Dora was Drogo's sister, and the eldest surviving female relative of Bilbo and Frodo; she was ninety-nine, and had written reams of good advice for more than half a century." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "A Chance Meeting at Rivendell" and other stories leleni at hotmail dot com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Attachments: aurora small.jpg (3.52 KB)