25 October 2011

2011-10-24, Northern Lights in the South


Chuck Oates
Saw a red tinge in the western sky above the trees at my house at around 10:45 p.m. in Norman, but by the time I got to the west end of Main Street (where ya can kinda-sorta see the western sky), it was fade-to-dark-gray time. :^( Back at the house it's dark gray again now (11:30 p.m.) I'm not sure if what I saw was a tinge of Northern Lights or a tinge of response to suggestion. %^S
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We've been getting a lot of phone calls tonight about a red sky. I just thought a lot of people had been drinking, but it turns out that red glow is the Aurora Borealis! Apparently this is being observed throughout a large part of the southern United States. It is being caused by a massive burst of solar energy coming from, well, the sun. Let me know if you saw a red sky tonight.--Rick
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