Staying Up For The Aurora

[poliphilo]

Fred the weatheman said that thanks to the solar flares there was a fair chance of us seeing the aurora borealis last night. I've never (that I can remember) seen the aurora, so I stayed up on purpose just in case. There was no aurora- or if there was- it was happening on the far side of the light-polluted clouds. The aurora is green and the sky last night was blue and orange- which is just as nice, if you think about it- only rather more common.

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[trixibelle-net.livejournal.com]

We apparently had Aurora Australis on Tuesday night, but I couldn't see it - although I am living in the centre of Wellington. They get it quite a lot on the south of the South Island, hoping we might get a chance to see it down there before our eventual return.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

It's very rare for the aurora to be visible in our neck of the woods.