Seeing any Auroras?

no sir!

but what is the definition of "high latitudes" ?

John,
I would define high latitudes as anything N of , say 45 degrees North latitude. That would be the equivalent of say (reaches for ATLAS) a line from the southern border of Mongolia, to Belgrade, to Milan , through N Maine , to Eugene Oregon And Acrozz the Pacific to Saporro. Thats about as close as I can Figure it. We have a lot of Canajuns and at least one guy from Iceland. Hope to hear from the "Ice people"

I'm not at a high latitude, but I watched the aurora Sunday night around midnight. It was the first time I've ever been able to see it here in western PA (it was visible once last year but I missed it). Well worth staying up for, even if it was not as spectacular as some of the photos here.

From SpaceWeather.com today:

I stayed up to the wee hours watching Tuesday night. It was spectacular. In the city, we hardly ever get the full spectrum of colour, generally just an eerie green but the movement or spikes were fantastically clear and awe inspiring. Waves and waves of multi-coloured hues were splayed across the heavens. I wish I had my camera. :-(

Oh great, the weather is closing in for a rainstorm. I miss the aurora from N Canada on cold winter nights. Its bettern tv

I misread the title and thought there had been another wardrobe malfunction.

I tell ya , I get no respect yaaahhh.

When I was a wee lad I recall seeing such a sight, perhaps even more colorful. That was in the state of Minnesota. And that was also the last time I saw such color, and, as a matter of fact, any color at all.

Now, they're generally just pulses of white light.

Worthy of attention, certainly, but not nearly as impressive as the ones of yesteryear.

Gus, swamp dude, those are lightning bugs.

They are now, cjhsa...... they are now.

i would imagine gus, that you live in an aurora-free zone. did any money exchange hands so that you could see said lights?

I'm sorry I brought up one of my cherished childhood memories, only to have it tarnished by the cruel and insensitive members of A2K.

I must leave now. My heart is heavy.

I have have never seen an Aurora, when will it be my turn, when-when-when-when, huh?......................... I'm waiting?

I assumed it was the A. borealis -- something woke up the horse around 2am on Tuesday and she was banging around, sure it time for breakfast. We had overcast skies but there was light coming through and it was bright enough, I didn't need a flashlight to feed. In fact, I thought it was early dawn and didn't notice the time 'til I came back in. Went right back outside and oohed & aahed over the glowing clouds for a minute, then went back to bed.

I check the Aurora Borealis watch website every now and then -- did you give a link to that? I'll post it again:

http://www.sec.noaa.gov/pmap/

I think Oldsmobile made an Aurora.

wow an Aurora weather channel

Thanks Piffka for the link, I didn't know it existed

I haven't seen the Northern Lights for quite a few years now. I guess cities and even rural areas have become so populated with city lights that sometimes you're lucky enough just to see the night sky.

I've seen the Aurora borealis several times in Alaska. For me the wonder was not the color but the undulating of the curtain like formations. Although I spent a year in Thule, Greenland, I never saw it from there- too far north perhaps.