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<DIV><SPAN class=456264619-10082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Hi
aurora fans,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=456264619-10082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Some
of my best memories of Moscow/Latah County involved the auroras. In
particular, I remember in July 1986 walking across Guy Wicks field watching
one of the most brilliant displays I have ever seen of white and green sheets;
in October 1998 from my old backyard in Viola watching what appeared to be
a "hurricane" as white, red, blue and green swirled into a giant storm
cloud with the eye over the top of Moscow Mountain; and in the winter of 2002
watching a great display from the parking lot of the ice rink at the
Fairgrounds. When I worked for Latah County as the Rural Development
Services Director I used to love the late night drive back from Bovill city
council meetings because most of the time I could watch the auroras. I
would encourage all of you to drive out to an area near Bovill on a
night that an event is forecast and enjoy the show, light pollution is
minimal out there (and there are a lot of pull-over sites that have a
great view of the northern sky). </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=456264619-10082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>The
following link takes you to a site with numerous other links to aurora
forecasts, photos, and so forth. Enjoy!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=456264619-10082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><A
href="http://www.geo.mtu.edu/weather/aurora/">http://www.geo.mtu.edu/weather/aurora/</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=456264619-10082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Chris
Storhok</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com]<B>On
Behalf Of </B>Tbertruss@aol.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, August 09, 2004 12:04
PM<BR><B>To:</B> nanc3296@uidaho.edu; vision2020@moscow.com;
DonaldH675@aol.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Auroras over
Moscow<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 face=Arial
size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"><BR>Jasper and Rose:<BR><BR>As a result
of being a sky watcher and night owl, and living far enough away from city
lights to make sky watching easier (city lights can ruin auroras), as you do
also Rose, I have seen auroras over the Palouse more times than I can
count. I'm not sure what Jasper means by "really big ones," but auroras
big enough to be worth watching happen more than once or twice a year around
here, by my estimation.<BR><BR>Being in a valley will obscure your view of the
North perhaps, which is where auroral activity probably happens the
most. But given where you live, Rose, a very short hike up that hill
south just a small ways will give a good view to the North. With a
significant auroral display you should be able to see them from your
yard.<BR><BR>I'm a bit amazed, Rose, you have not seen a good auroral display
from where you have lived. I have seen them countless times, and as you
know, this is very near your neck of the woods... Sometimes I call the local
radio station to coax them into telling people over the air.<BR><BR>Rose, I
bet you are not out at night watching the sky that often.<BR>Next time I see
some significant auroras, if this happens again, I will fire off an e-mail, or
would you accept a phone call?<BR><BR>I jump up and down and point and yell
when I see auroras ... some people just never grow up!<BR><BR>Ted
Moffett</FONT> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>