[Ruffian]

Apparently the sun is a little skittish right now.

http://www.theage.co...0124-1qej4.html

I remember as a kid there was a big solar event and the aurora australis could be seen from our back porch.
It was one of the most impressive things I have ever seen, standing out there in the dusk with my dad and watching this vast surreal pinkish light moving across the firmament.

[zaph]

Ruffian, on 24 January 2012 - 05:00 AM, said:

Apparently the sun is a little skittish right now.

http://www.theage.co...0124-1qej4.html

I remember as a kid there was a big solar event and the aurora australis could be seen from our back porch.
It was one of the most impressive things I have ever seen, standing out there in the dusk with my dad and watching this vast surreal pinkish light moving across the firmament.

where were you and what year, aprox?

[cobran20]

Ruffian, on 24 January 2012 - 05:00 AM, said:

Apparently the sun is a little skittish right now.

http://www.theage.co...0124-1qej4.html

I remember as a kid there was a big solar event and the aurora australis could be seen from our back porch.
It was one of the most impressive things I have ever seen, standing out there in the dusk with my dad and watching this vast surreal pinkish light moving across the firmament.

The number of sun spots should keep rising for a couple more years.

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[Ruffian]

zaph, on 24 January 2012 - 05:25 AM, said:

where were you and what year, aprox?

A farm in the Adelaide Hills, in South Australia. I have no idea what year, some time in the late 70's I would guess.

I've been told the aurora australis is never seen so far north (lots of times) but it was exactly as it is on the TV docos today, except deep pink. And I had never seen it before so had nothing to compare it to. Nor had my Dad.
We could not possibly have imagined it or mistaken it for anything else.
It was huge, mobile, unique and totally unknown to us.
And frankly, it looked like a living thing to me.

[tux]

Ruffian, on 24 January 2012 - 11:05 AM, said:

A farm in the Adelaide Hills, in South Australia. I have no idea what year, some time in the late 70's I would guess.

I've been told the aurora australis is never seen so far north (lots of times) but it was exactly as it is on the TV docos today, except deep pink. And I had never seen it before so had nothing to compare it to. Nor had my Dad.
We could not possibly have imagined it or mistaken it for anything else.
It was huge, mobile, unique and totally unknown to us.
And frankly, it looked like a living thing to me.

Would have been a sight to behold for sure. You are lucky to have witnessed it. I've always wanted to, however I'll probably go to my grave without ever witnessing Aurora Australis

[zaph]

Ruffian, on 24 January 2012 - 11:05 AM, said:

A farm in the Adelaide Hills, in South Australia. I have no idea what year, some time in the late 70's I would guess.

I've been told the aurora australis is never seen so far north (lots of times) but it was exactly as it is on the TV docos today, except deep pink. And I had never seen it before so had nothing to compare it to. Nor had my Dad.
We could not possibly have imagined it or mistaken it for anything else.
It was huge, mobile, unique and totally unknown to us.
And frankly, it looked like a living thing to me.

i have a very vague memory of being ushered outside to look at amazing lights as a kid. this was Melbourne and would have been late 70's or early 80's. must have been AA.