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Old 23-01-2012, 08:02 PM
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Aurora borealis!

How exciting, something I would love to see and people as far south as the North East of England have been lucky enough to be able to see the Aurora borealis! People in North Yorkshire, Northumberland and Tyneside have reported seeing it.

BBC News - In pictures: Northern lights above northern England

It is possible that on the 25th January the Aurora borealis will be see so far south again.

What about our friends in Sweden, Drosera and Ratatoskr have you been able to see them, or have there been reports of them being seen in the more Southerly parts of Sweden for a change?

I am much to far south here .
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Old 24-01-2012, 05:52 AM
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Thanks for the tip! I will look out for it. Never seen it but a winter trip to the north is on my list - great if it came to me instead!
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Old 24-01-2012, 05:54 AM
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I found this report from September 2011. Northern lights seen on the horizon in the top picture.
Klar Himmel - Clear Skies - Carpe Noctem: Norrsken i Stockholm - Northern lights in Stockholm
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Old 24-01-2012, 10:34 AM
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Have alook at Spaceweather.com.All the info on solar flares and "Northern Lights".Get Some Good images on the site.

SpaceWeather.com -- News and information about meteor showers, solar flares, auroras, and near-Earth asteroids
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Old 24-01-2012, 06:54 PM
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I have just heard on the news that the Northern part of the Netherlands, Groningen and Friesland (maybe Drenthe in the East) could see them tonight if its a clear from cloud, from a dark place looking North. Sadly this doesn't include me but its cloudy anyway.
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Old 25-01-2012, 05:23 AM
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Aurora borealis!

Looked for the lights in the late evening when it was clear but nothing. Got up in the middle of the night and it was cloudy. I'll try again this evening.
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Aurora has diminished at present unless high in the arctic circle. According to spaceweather .com


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One of my colleagues is travelling to Abisko in northern Sweden tomorrow to see the lights.
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Old 25-01-2012, 07:41 PM
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One of my colleagues is travelling to Abisko in northern Sweden tomorrow to see the lights.
Well tell him/her about WATW when they gets back and how we would just love to see the piccies .
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Old 25-01-2012, 08:36 PM
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I will!!
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