Aurora Borealis

[Hoy]

Stephen thank you for the pictures! I've lost all my words.
When I saw the topic I thought to myself what is the alpine plant Aurora borealis? I know nothing about it!  

Olga, have you never seen the northern light in Moscow? Maybe you have a chance tonight, but the sky has to be clear and no artificial light around you!

More pics:
http://www.vg.no/bildespesial/spesial.php?id=8645

[emma T]

I am going to be very optimistic  ( i am in Dorset         ! ) and have a look tonight if the clouds clear .

[Olga Bondareva]

Olga, have you never seen the northern light in Moscow? Maybe you have a chance tonight, but the sky has to be clear and no artificial light around you!

No! I've never seen it here. Think it happens at the north of the country.

[Panu]

There was wonderful northern lights here an hour ago! Usually they are in shades of green, but this time more colorful. This seems to work quite nicely http://aurora.fmi.fi/public_service/

[Lesley Cox]

Oh Gosh Panu, those are really gorgeous.

Olga, the genus has two species. A. borealis and A australis. The latter is more rare but less spectacular. 

[Anthony Darby]

I used to see them regularly in Dunblane. Once, they were entirely red and I went up Sheriffmuir to get a better look.

[Stephenb]

There was wonderful northern lights here an hour ago! Usually they are in shades of green, but this time more colorful. This seems to work quite nicely http://aurora.fmi.fi/public_service/

That's a nice system Panu! There was an aurora here last night at about 10 pm but it was further north and less spectacular here than the last event. A Facebook friend a bit north of here also reported a red aurora...

[angie]

I got fed up going out last night to have a look. I have seen it quite a few times here. The last time they put on a fantastic display was the day my sister died. The Northern lights have something magical and that night they seemed extra special. It was like my sister had put a display on for me and my mum. All the firework displays don't even touch what nature delivers to us free.

Angie 

[Hoy]

I didn't see anything down here either
But they had a spectacular evening and night farther north.

http://nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nordland/1.7967958

[TC]

Never mind the Northern Lights, I would be quite happy to see the sky at night !  I have managed to see the moon about 6 times in the past 60 days.  If you wish to observe clouds, the West of Scotland is your place.

[Michael J Campbell]

If you wish to observe clouds, the West of Scotland is your place.

Tom, obviously you were never in the west of  Ireland.

[angie]

Wont be going ouside tonight to see if the Northern lights are on show is blowing a gale out there 

Angie 

[SusanS]

I got fed up going out last night to have a look. I have seen it quite a few times here. The last time they put on a fantastic display was the day my sister died. The Northern lights have something magical and that night they seemed extra special. It was like my sister had put a display on for me and my mum. All the firework displays don't even touch what nature delivers to us free.

Angie 

Words can not do justice to the emotions involved when we lose someone we love, it is wonderful that you have such  magical memories though.

Susan 

[angie]

I got fed up going out last night to have a look. I have seen it quite a few times here. The last time they put on a fantastic display was the day my sister died. The Northern lights have something magical and that night they seemed extra special. It was like my sister had put a display on for me and my mum. All the firework displays don't even touch what nature delivers to us free.

Angie 

Words can not do justice to the emotions involved when we lose someone we love, it is wonderful that you  have such  magical memories though.
Susan 

Nice to have the memories as you know. 
To cloudy a night last night to see anything.

Angie 

[Natalia]

 Hoy, Aurora Borealis in Moscow it is possible to watch sometimes - I saw it in 2007, but this feeble semblance of beauty which you see in the north. And to see it it is possible if attentively to look in the sky.
By the way, it is possible a question?  When I watched Aurora Borealis in the winter on Kola peninsula, it seemed to me that the light publishes crackling sounds. It from Aurora Borealis or simply was frosty weather?