Re: Aurora alert:... Auroras from Iceland;

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Dwight M. Lanpher GAAC
Mon, Oct 7, 2024 2:15 AM

Hello GAAC,

I just returned from a week in Iceland. The weather was marginal but there were three nights, Sunday, Thursday & Friday with skies open enough to see auroras. These shots were taken on three separate nights by my partner Terri-Ann Anderson using a handheld iPhone 12.

---Dwight

On 10/3/24, 1:58 PM, "Scott via Astro" astro@lists.gaac.us wrote:

https://www.space.com/aurora-alert-northern-lights-far-south-illinois-oregon-g3-geomagnetic-storm-predicted
Aurora alert: Possible geomagnetic storm could spark northern lights as far south as Illinois and Oregon tonight
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Hello GAAC, I just returned from a week in Iceland. The weather was marginal but there were three nights, Sunday, Thursday & Friday with skies open enough to see auroras. These shots were taken on three separate nights by my partner Terri-Ann Anderson using a handheld iPhone 12. ---Dwight On 10/3/24, 1:58 PM, "Scott via Astro" <astro@lists.gaac.us> wrote: https://www.space.com/aurora-alert-northern-lights-far-south-illinois-oregon-g3-geomagnetic-storm-predicted Aurora alert: Possible geomagnetic storm could spark northern lights as far south as Illinois and Oregon tonight astro@lists.gaac.us https://gaac.us http://www.facebook.com/GAACpage -- Celebrating the starlit skies of Maine & New England -- Dwight M. Lanpher, Club Liaison P.O. Box 472, 1 Summit Road Northeast Harbor, ME 04662 Member: Dark Sky Maine DarkSky International (formerly: International Dark Sky Association) Illuminating Engineering Society, Member Emeritus Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Life Member Member: AAS, ASNNE, ATMoB, BSIA, CMAS, DEAA, GAAC, NHAS, NSAAC, PVSG, SMA, TVS Telephone: (207) 276-5350 "Good friends are like stars. Although you may not see them you know they're always there." -Christy Evans
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Mario Motta
Mon, Oct 7, 2024 2:33 AM

Wow, spectacular

Mario

On Oct 6, 2024, at 10:16 PM, Dwight M. Lanpher GAAC <groupgaac@lanpherassociates.com> wrote:

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div.WordSection1 { page: WordSection1; }Hello GAAC,

I just returned from a week in Iceland. The weather was marginal but there were three nights, Sunday, Thursday & Friday with skies open enough to see auroras. These shots were taken on three separate nights by my partner Terri-Ann Anderson using a handheld iPhone 12.

---Dwight

On 10/3/24, 1:58 PM, "Scott via Astro" <astro@lists.gaac.us> wrote:

https://www.space.com/aurora-alert-northern-lights-far-south-illinois-oregon-g3-geomagnetic-storm-predicted

Aurora alert: Possible geomagnetic storm could spark northern lights as far south as Illinois and Oregon tonight

astro@lists.gaac.us https://gaac.us http://www.facebook.com/GAACpage

-- Celebrating the starlit skies of Maine & New England --

Dwight M. Lanpher, Club Liaison
P.O. Box 472, 1 Summit Road
Northeast Harbor, ME 04662

Member: Dark Sky Maine
DarkSky International (formerly: International Dark Sky Association)
Illuminating Engineering Society, Member Emeritus
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Life Member
Member: AAS, ASNNE, ATMoB, BSIA, CMAS, DEAA, GAAC, NHAS, NSAAC, PVSG, SMA, TVS
Telephone: (207) 276-5350

"Good friends are like stars. Although you may not see them you know they're always there." -Christy Evans

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