The Northern Lights
Aug 16th, 2007 | By Jonathan Golob | Category: Pretty Natural
(from Jökull Másson)
Did you know the Northern Lights are occasionally visible from Seattle? We’re at magnetic latitude 52.7, high enough to see some Aurora when the sun is raging.
When the POES activity level hits 9 or 10,
or the estimated planetary Kp gets above 6
and the night sky is clear, we should be able to see the Northern Lights.
In my six years here, all these have come together exactly once.
You know, they might have come a few times while you were sleeping or busy. I’ve actually seen them in Toronto (lattitude about 43 N.
Oh, absolutely. In fact, I’ve kinda wanted to write a script that reads the estimated planetary Kp and sends of a text page to my cell phone when it hits a certain level.
Alas, no time. Glad to hear you’ve seen in Toronto. My best time was on Isle Royale in Lake Superior. Ahh, so good.