The northern lights

[deerslayer]

49 minutes ago, gregintenn said:

Ask mine where north is and she points up. LOL. That’s where it always is on a map.

 

She knows important stuff though….like which pair of shoes will look best with an outfit.

I may be married to somebody related to her.  

[res308]

Just read on channel 2 site that the chance might happen between 4am and 7am Sunday morning. I'm up in Clarksville working overnight close to the KY line. Maybe I'll get a shot at it. 

[gun sane]

2 hours ago, res308 said:

Just read on channel 2 site that the chance might happen between 4am and 7am Sunday morning. 

Aww, I'm beginning to think you guys got those pix off Google.  

[res308]

Not me. I missed out last night. How I didn't know anything about it I ... well, don't know.

[NoBanStan]

Wouldn't this technically be the Southern Lights?

I got to see a few fleeting moments of it while driving. It was very cool but I couldn't shake the idea that we're only seeing that because a massive celestial entity bombarded our planet with a massive radiation ejection.

Reminded me of the families in Pripyat who watched Chernobyl burn from a bridge and played in the falling ashes. *Supposedly*

Edited May 12 by NoBanStan

[ArmyBrat61]

3 hours ago, NoBanStan said:

a massive celestial entity bombarded our planet with a massive radiation ejection.

Star farts?

[Grayfox54]

Those star farts have the potential to do a lot of damage. Look up the Carrington Event of 1859. Then imagine that in today's electronic world. 

[NoBanStan]

1 hour ago, Grayfox54 said:

Those star farts have the potential to do a lot of damage. Look up the Carrington Event of 1859. Then imagine that in today's electronic world. 

A big enough ejection can blow away our atmosphere.

Not that we would notice for long.

[Chucktshoes]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C64OZ2RLJNK/?igsh=YnEzaHA1OGpwNTAw

[monkeylizard]

I found dark skies on the Natchez Trace Pky around 9:30 . . . . nothing.

I checked the skies in Bellevue again at 4:30a . . . nothing but clear skies and stars. Maybe a very slight pink glow on the northern horizon, but probably just city light pollution.

Glad I got to see what I did on Friday night. We may never see them again in Tennessee in most of our lifetimes.

[michealknight]

I’m really mad at myself for missing it. Although I’ve seen plenty of pics on Facebook lol 

[-boatman-]

On 5/11/2024 at 10:25 AM, gregintenn said:

The wife even saw it once I convinced her which direction North was. We’ve only lived here 21 years now.

It appears your wife and mine may be related.