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Stephenb

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Aurora borealis
« on: October 13, 2010, 10:08:40 AM »
A good display of the Northern Lights was seen as far south as Oslo this week. Worth keeping a lookout in Scotland too:  http://www.yr.no/nyheter/1.7331927 (use Google translate)
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Re: Aurora borealis
« Reply #1 on: October 13, 2010, 12:40:34 PM »
I saw the Aurora Australis (the Southern Lights) near here about 20 years ago on one of the rare occasions that it reached this far north.  Amazing!  Given how much stronger the northern lights apparently are, they must be breathtaking. :o
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Re: Aurora borealis
« Reply #2 on: November 25, 2010, 10:18:14 PM »

Can you see this video outside of Norway? It's an amazing video of time-lapse photography of the Aurora in Tromsø as you might have seen it if you'd visited the Arctic-Alpine Botanical Garden in winter...

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Re: Aurora borealis
« Reply #3 on: November 25, 2010, 10:27:15 PM »
Yes Stephen, great video, nice to see the Aurora from the warmth of my living room!
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Re: Aurora borealis
« Reply #4 on: November 25, 2010, 10:55:49 PM »
Unfortunately the 'music' was time lapsed too. Must be my connection? :(
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Re: Aurora borealis
« Reply #5 on: November 25, 2010, 11:13:13 PM »
Amazing and beautiful.
Thank you Stephen.



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