--- pierre@No-Spam wrote:
> By the way, fat chance if you try to view the aurora from
> anywhere in the Bay area: there is simply too much light
> pollution. You have to do the drive to a very dark sky
> location. I'm heading back tonight to LS to take more shots
> if weather allows.
That's not entirely true. About 18 months ago (extreme estimate), there
was notice of increased auroral activity. I was able to see the aurora
from my home in Alameda, looking northward over Oakland. How did I know
that I wasn't simply seeing the glow from streetlights? First, having
observed from that location for years, I was familiar with the "normal"
streetlight glow. Second, the glow ebbed and flowed several times in the
half hour that I could see it. I was thrilled, even if it wasn't as
dramatic as it would have been from a dark site.
To this day, that is my one observation of the Northern Lights.
Cheers,
Paul Sterngold
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