Re: [gardeners] Aurora
Margaret Lauterbach (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Thu, 27 Aug 1998 14:56:57 -0600
At 08:42 AM 8/27/98 -0600, you wrote:
>Did any of you other northerners see the Aurora last night? It was
>incredable!!! I haven't seen it extend so far south since 1990-`91. I
bet Liz
>and Margaret could have seen it too if it was dark enough around their
>places. It seemed to be at a peek about 12:30 am my time but I was up
>again briefly at 4:30 and it was still going. Odd thing this time it was
more
>white than green.
>
>I just watched a show the other day about Solar Storms and it said the
>aurora was caused by energy from solar bursts encountering the earths
>atmosphere and that the color was determine by the type of oxygen the
>energy invigorated.
>
>Radio resception, even on the shortwave receiver, was very lousy last
night.
>Makes me wonder, if the energy was that intense, if it had anything to do
>with the satallite rocket explosion yesterday.
>
>Terry
>
I thought that explosion was about three days ago. Just think, Terry,
you'll miss all that when you get indoor facilities. Margaret