{"id":27067,"date":"2023-03-24T10:45:52","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T14:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?p=27067"},"modified":"2023-03-24T10:45:52","modified_gmt":"2023-03-24T14:45:52","slug":"dazzling-aurora","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?p=27067","title":{"rendered":"Dazzling aurora !"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Red is unusual. I have yet to see a red aurora.\u00a0<\/em> <\/strong><\/div>\n
Some news items gleaned from news sites re last night’s show.<\/em> <\/strong><\/div>\n
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From CBC<\/strong> https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/london\/aurora-borealis-near-london-ont-wow-late-night-watchers-1.6789566<\/a><\/div>\n
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\nYou don’t usually see the Northern Lights in southern Ontario, but Londoners got a treat from Mother Nature on Thursday, when the spectacular Aurora Borealis could be seen in the night sky.<\/p>\n
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Here are some pictures shared by Londoners.<\/p>\n

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\"TheNorthern lights at around 11 p.m. on the outskirts of north London. (Supplied by Michelle Dzialakiewicz)<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Red! Lots of red! Check out the pictures on the BBC:<\/strong> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-65063765<\/a><\/div>\n
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Image source, WeatherWatchers\/Steve BB Image caption, This display was spotted in Muston, near Scarborough in North Yorkshire<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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By Jess Grieveson-Smith<\/div>\n
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The skies above parts of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire have been illuminated by dazzling displays of colour thanks to the Northern Lights.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Stargazers were able to spot hues of red, green and gold through Thursday night into Friday morning.<\/p>\n

Lots more photos here: https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-65063765<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Space Weather News for March 23, 2023
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\nhttps:\/\/www.spaceweatheralerts.com<\/a>STRONG GEOMAGNETIC STORM: <\/b>A strong geomagnetic storm is in progress on March 23rd as solar wind flows through a crack in Earth’s magnetosphere. If the crack remains open long enough, sky watchers in northern-tier US states could see auroras tonight. Also, an amateur radio astronomer in Florida has observed a solar radio burst *at midnight.* Weird! Read all about it on today’s edition of Spaceweather.com<\/a>.Geomagnetic Storm Alerts:<\/b> Subscribe to our Space Weather Alert Service<\/a> and you’ll receive instant text messages when geomagnetic storms are underway.
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\nAbove:<\/b> Bright auroras at sunrise over Kalispell, Montana, on March 23, 2023. Credit: Philip Granrud<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Space Weather News for March 23, 2023
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STRONG GEOMAGNETIC STORM: <\/b>A strong geomagnetic storm is in progress on March 23rd as solar wind flows through a crack in Earth’s magnetosphere. If the crack remains open long enough, sky watchers in northern-tier US states could see auroras tonight. Also, an amateur radio astronomer in Florida has observed a solar radio burst *at midnight.* Weird! Read all about it on today’s edition of Spaceweather.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Geomagnetic Storm Alerts:<\/b> Subscribe to our Space Weather Alert Service<\/a> and you’ll receive instant text messages when geomagnetic storms are underway.<\/p>\n

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Above: Bright auroras at sunrise over Kalispell, Montana, on March 23, 2023. Credit: Philip Granrud<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Red is unusual. I have yet to see a red aurora.\u00a0 Some news items gleaned from news sites re last night’s show. CPL From CBC https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/london\/aurora-borealis-near-london-ont-wow-late-night-watchers-1.6789566 You don’t usually see the Northern Lights in southern Ontario, but Londoners got a treat from Mother Nature on Thursday, when the spectacular Aurora Borealis could be seen in … Continue reading Dazzling aurora !<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":645,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[133],"tags":[527],"class_list":["post-27067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy-news","tag-aurora"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27067"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27073,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27067\/revisions\/27073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}