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buffalobo
01-09-2014, 18:23
If clear tonite supposed to be able to see it from Denver. According to radio news report.
wctriumph
01-09-2014, 18:25
OOOOOOO! I'll check it out. Last time I saw it I was in Fargo, ND and the sky was green & white.
Edit: I fell asleep and didn't get out to look. Oh well, better luck next time.
blacklabel
01-09-2014, 18:27
I've got a buddy that's going to drive out to Pawnee to see it. I won't be staying up that late.
rockhound
01-09-2014, 18:53
how late?
Aloha_Shooter
01-09-2014, 19:06
Been a lot of cloud cover over CS the past couple of days so I'm not inclined to make a special trip out for it.
I was going to Pawnee, but decided on Tabernash instead so we can sleep inside
bellavite1
01-09-2014, 19:12
Saw it once, while hitch hicking in Lappland, Norway, 25 years ago.
Walking at night, on the side of a road, the silence only broken by my booths in the snow...
Don't want to see no lights from Aurora.
I try to avoid that part of the state.
blacklabel
01-09-2014, 19:50
Ironically, the last book that I read involved biblical storms following the Aurora Borealis being visible in Atlanta. I may have to bust out some plywood and lock this place down.
muddywings
01-09-2014, 19:54
one of the coolest things about living 3 years in Anchorage, and living in AK was pretty damm awesome!
Even better, flying around at night on night vision and watching the aurora. Even if you couldn't see it with your naked eye, on NVGs it all over.
Hope some of you can see it tonight!
SamuraiCO
01-09-2014, 20:10
Setting the alarm. Hopefully no clouds and won't have to drive out of Parker to see.
If I walk out the door at midnight and look north all I'll see is north Aurora flashes of gun fire or the lights of DIA.
Great-Kazoo
01-09-2014, 21:03
Last time i got a good show was ironically enough, in denver back in 80ish Clear view from alameda, way before there were building north of it.
BPTactical
01-09-2014, 21:07
Last time i got a good show was ironically enough, in denver back in 80ish Clear view from alameda, way before there were building north of it.
It was just a flashback Jim.....
SamuraiCO
01-10-2014, 07:05
Damn cloud cover at 1am no joy for me. Anyone else with a clear sky get to view?
streetglideok
01-10-2014, 07:15
Ironically, the last book that I read involved biblical storms following the Aurora Borealis being visible in Atlanta. I may have to bust out some plywood and lock this place down.
Interesting. It was visible well south of Atlanta in the 1800s, during the Carrington event.
buffalobo
01-10-2014, 07:21
Cloud cover was lite out here about 2:30 but not lite enough to get clear view.
bellavite1
01-10-2014, 07:56
Decently clear in Wheatridge, but no aurora.
I want my sleep back.
BPTactical
01-10-2014, 08:14
I want my sleep back.
Beauty sleep is lost on you Lu............
I got a chance to see it once 30 years ago and it was really cool. I decided not to lose any sleep over a slight chance last night.
It was a blizzard over Berthoud pass. Didn't see anything but snow.
bellavite1
01-10-2014, 09:03
Beauty sleep is lost on you Lu............
You always know how to speak to my heart...
Stayed up for nothing! Couldn't see it, and it was partly cloudy around midnight thanks to a ton of wind. I guess the storm wasn't as strong as they thought.
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StagLefty
01-10-2014, 09:48
Don't want to see no lights from Aurora.
I try to avoid that part of the state.
[ROFL2][ROFL3][LOL][ROFL1]
Yeah, lots of hype but not much came of it.
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Well Damit the news said it would happen and you know they are ALWAYS correct.
Looked out the skylight at 1:30 and 3:45.....should have stayed in bed asleep.
I've been reading up on some of this solar science...for kicks. The sun is in a funk (it's a technical term) and the heliospheric pressure in the solar system is also low. When we get a solar flare/CME, it is able to expand at about twice the rate than when the pressure is higher. This significantly reduces the energy in the solar storm before it reaches Earth.
Apparently nobody got to see it.
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_24885078/northern-lights-stay-home-colorado-viewing-aurora-borealis
Wife said she saw a little bit of green wavy about 0015 last night. She said it was hard to see/recognize. Maybe it was in her mind but she said she saw it. I was hoping for more.
Alaska is a good place to see it.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Vx5tq1dCeDQ/UtCtKOEAKtI/AAAAAAAAHXk/UQTIhqHYyY8/w996-h560-no/20140110_124026_Richtone%2528HDR%2529.jpg
Imagine this picture with blowing snow and in the dark and you'll get a feel for what the Borealis looked like for us.
Then imagine taking Friday off for work and taking your kid out of school so you don't miss a once in a life time opportunity. Then picture yourself putting tire chains on someone else's bald ass tires halfway up Berthoud pass in a blizzard at around 10 pm. That should give you a feel for our overall disappointment for that whole trip. Not to mention the part where I went to bed at 3:00 am, got up at 4:45 am in order to escort previously mentioned SUV using my tire chains back over the pass so I could take the chains off before they hit I-70. The trip from the cabin to Empire, and back to cabin took over two hours and was 70ish miles. All on 1.5 hours of sleep. I got back just after 7:00 am, drank half a beer, and fell asleep till around 12:00 noon.
Irving, you are way too nice. Sounds like a rough couple of days. I do love the snow though.
Yeah, despite how it sounds, I liked the experience. I've never actually put chains on a vehicle before, so trial by fire was nice. Also, I liked going up to the cabin in the winter as we hardly get up there. Driveway was 36" + deep of snow, AFTER the 4 foot berm from the plow, so we had to park at the neighbors. Anyway, even though we didn't see anything green, the moon looked cool at one point. HA!
Stuving, you should have driven north towards the lights, that way you may have been able to see something. The only time I've seen the lights was on a fishing trip driving to northern Manitoba in 1982 with my dad. By the time we were in South Dakota at night we were already able to start seeing lights low in the northern sky. Every night for the week in northern Manitoba the entire north half of the sky was lit up. That's a trip you should do with your kid, it's something I'll never forget.
We were going to go up to Pawnee, but opted for elevation in the end.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Vx5tq1dCeDQ/UtCtKOEAKtI/AAAAAAAAHXk/UQTIhqHYyY8/w996-h560-no/20140110_124026_Richtone%2528HDR%2529.jpg
Imagine this picture with blowing snow and in the dark and you'll get a feel for what the Borealis looked like for us.
Then imagine taking Friday off for work and taking your kid out of school so you don't miss a once in a life time opportunity. Then picture yourself putting tire chains on someone else's bald ass tires halfway up Berthoud pass in a blizzard at around 10 pm. That should give you a feel for our overall disappointment for that whole trip. Not to mention the part where I went to bed at 3:00 am, got up at 4:45 am in order to escort previously mentioned SUV using my tire chains back over the pass so I could take the chains off before they hit I-70. The trip from the cabin to Empire, and back to cabin took over two hours and was 70ish miles. All on 1.5 hours of sleep. I got back just after 7:00 am, drank half a beer, and fell asleep till around 12:00 noon.
is is that a treehouse?
Yeah I guess so. That trailer has been parked next to it each time I've been up there as well.
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