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04-08-10, 01:20 PM
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The Northern Lights - Tonight (Wed)

Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) - Might be worth keeping an half an eye on the sky tonight if you're into that kind of thing....

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As long as there are clear skies we should be able to see the colourful show from most parts of Scotland and possibly England.

The Sun has been pretty quiet for the best part of a century, but that all changed on Sunday when astronomers around the world witnessed a solar flare above a giant sunspot the size of the Earth.

At the same time a large filament of cool gas stretching across the Sun's northern hemisphere exploded. The filament was 50 times larger than the Earth and its contents were spewed into space, producing a cloud of electrically charged particles known as a coronal mass ejection.

The two events have combined to produce a “solar tsunami” that is racing 93 million miles across space directly towards the Earth.

Later tonight, this solar blast of supercharged gas will meet the natural magnetic shield protecting the Earth, sparking spectacular displays of the Northern Lights.

Normally the lights are only visible closer to the Arctic or Antarctic, but solar storms pull them further south, so rippling curtains of green and red light may be seen accross Scotland and even into England.
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04-08-10, 04:42 PM
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Re: The Northern Lights - Tonight (Wed)

They an look stunning - if you're up north it's worth checking em out!
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04-08-10, 06:58 PM
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Re: The Northern Lights - Tonight (Wed)

overcast here, but I'll be going out for a look here later if it clears
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04-08-10, 07:39 PM
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Re: The Northern Lights - Tonight (Wed)

Dare I say it - clear blue sky here with a few little fluffy white clouds.
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04-08-10, 07:58 PM
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Re: The Northern Lights - Tonight (Wed)

oooh! Lucky you! Hope you get to see something.
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