topic Re: Aurora Borealis in Community Chat

Aurora Borealis

Kachina624 — Tue, 13 Oct 2015 05:25:55 GMT

The aurora is supposed to be very active this week and may be seen in some of the more Northern cities in the US. Here's a beautiful video done in Yellow Knife, NWT, Canada, one of the best places in the world tto view the aurora. This is high on my bucket list.

https://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=sI1s5SbYpU8l

Re: Aurora Borealis

Drythe — Tue, 13 Oct 2015 06:00:37 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
The aurora is supposed to be very active this week and may be seen in some of the more Northern cities in the US. Here's a beautiful video done in Yellow Knife, NWT, Canada, one of the best places in the world tto view the aurora. This is high on my bucket list.

https://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=sI1s5SbYpU8l

@Kachina624

I looked, but this is a clip about North Dakota. Really wanted to see those pretty lights.

Re: Aurora Borealis

Kachina624 — Tue, 13 Oct 2015 07:03:20 GMT

@Drythe Strange, when I click on it, it brings up the aurora. Try copying and pasting it.

Re: Aurora Borealis

Lilysmom — Tue, 13 Oct 2015 09:01:00 GMT

@Kachina624, I have seen the aurora borealis in Labrador City (north of Newfoundland on Canada's East Coast). They are magical. LM

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Say Nay — Tue, 13 Oct 2015 13:17:11 GMT

The link doesn't work for me.

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Puzzle Piece — Tue, 13 Oct 2015 15:37:55 GMT

It has its beauty and also it's legends. Some see it as a portend of an upcoming bad event.

Re: Aurora Borealis

skuggles — Tue, 13 Oct 2015 15:44:13 GMT

Your link takes me to John Oliver ...

I have seen the AB once in my life. I was in the lower margins of where it can be enjoyed, and so it wasn't as spectacular as it can be, but worth the sight just the same.

Re: Aurora Borealis

AliJoi5 — Tue, 13 Oct 2015 19:42:45 GMT

Great thread, Kachina! Thanks for posting this. The link in your OP is also taking me to John Oliver. These things have a mind of their own! But it inspired me to run a search on YT, and I found lots of beautiful videos. I'm not sure which you had intended us to see, but I figured I'd post this especially lovely one from Yellowknife, Can. in 2012. It's long though... 5:33.

CLICK HERE

And this one seems to be the most popular (from 2011)...

CLICK HERE

Re: Aurora Borealis

Kachina624 — Tue, 13 Oct 2015 20:06:05 GMT

Yellow Knife, which is on Great Slave Lake, is the home of the Canadian Space Agency's aurora observatory. You can go there every night and see what's going on. It's not live but the picture changes every 30 seconds. I've always been fascinated with it but have never seen it.

By the way, Great Slave Lake covers 10,000 square miles and is huge. There is a lot of diamond mining in the area (who knew?).

Re: Aurora Borealis

Lilysmom — Tue, 13 Oct 2015 20:49:30 GMT

@Kachina624, Canadian diamonds sell at a premium. Probably more of a marketing thing than anything else. LM

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Mz iMac — Tue, 13 Oct 2015 20:53:39 GMT

I thought your post topic was about an episode from the tv series Heroes Reborn.

Sorry, carry on.......

Re: Aurora Borealis

bebe777 — Thu, 15 Oct 2015 22:40:47 GMT

@AliJoi5 wrote:
Great thread, Kachina! Thanks for posting this. The link in your OP is also taking me to John Oliver. These things have a mind of their own! But it inspired me to run a search on YT, and I found lots of beautiful videos. I'm not sure which you had intended us to see, but I figured I'd post this especially lovely one from Yellowknife, Can. in 2012. It's long though... 5:33.

CLICK HERE

And this one seems to be the most popular (from 2011)...

CLICK HERE

@Kachina624 thanks so much for starting this thread and @AliJoi5 thank yo for the great links. It's amazing!!

-- bebe