[Vision2020] Auroras over Moscow

Tami Stinebaugh stin1624 at uidaho.edu
Tue Aug 10 14:26:21 PDT 2004


Yes, the best display I ever saw of A B was while camping and we didn't expect it.  It was late, and there wasn't anybody around, no lights, etc.  We were sitting outside and looked up and the sky was bright green and red and changing by the second.  It was spectacular!!

Tami Stinebaugh

----- Original Message -----
From: Tbertruss at aol.com
Date: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 11:42 am
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Auroras over Moscow

> 
> Tami et. al.
> 
> OK.  A "heads up" literally for auroras when they are occurring 
> would be 
> easy.  Remember though that they can appear and disappear in short 
> order, so you 
> might look and find they are gone or not very spectacular.  
> Sometimes it is 
> like meteor watching, which many will be doing this week with the 
> Perseids.  You 
> need to go outside and relax and just look up at the sky for 30-60 
> minutes or 
> more for the best moments to happen.
> 
> And what may be great watching 10 miles from town in the dark is 
> not so great 
> at all in the city with light pollution.
> 
> Ted Moffett
> 



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