Have you Ever Seen the Northern Lights?
July 20th, 2009 at 5:20 pm by Cheryl Nelson under Weather
Dancing lights in a dark sky…shades of green, red and blue. Pillars of light that last for minutes, sometimes even hours. The Northern Lights, aka “aurora borealis” are breathtaking to witness. I’ve seen them twice: once when I was driving up Interstate 81 north of Syracuse on a dark night with a new moon. The other time, I drove out to the country in Upstate New York, pulled over near someone’s farm and watched the sky in pure amazement. In the northern hemisphere, auroras are most common in the northern latitudes, such as Canada, Alaska, Greenland, the extreme northern part of the U.S., Siberia and Scandinavia. Auroras are most common in the winter and usually peak around midnight.
For more information on auroras, check out this link:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090719194337.htm
Have you witnessed the Northern Lights? If so, let us know your story. Thanks!
Meteorologist Cheryl Nelson
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WAVY/Fox 43 Meteorologist
While living in Canada, I saw them four times. The most interesting is when I pulled over near the Trans Canada Highway to watch them when my friend and I were approached by an RCMP patrol car. He proceeded to ask us a series of questions about whether we were dealing drugs or drinking. Finally, he asked us specifically what we were doing. We pointed at the northern lights and said we were just checking it out, so he joined us.
I also saw the Northern Lights last night at about 11:45 pm from here in New Germany, Mn. Awesome!