--- Chuck Hards <chuckhards@yahoo.com> wrote:
I would advise any beginners on the list to not expect a "Steven Spielburg" aurora from Utah, for most alerts. The really incredible ones are few and
far between.
Very true, we don't get the curtains directly overhead. Nonetheless -
About 15 years ago, I also saw an amazing display of pillars and curtains from Big Mountain. It was a distant 2nd to the "big one", but still pretty impressive and just as rare.
You mean like this - CME 10/23/2004 Little Mtn. << http://members.csolutions.net/fisherka/astronote/observed/CME200410/CME486_0...
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Or maybe looking through your binoculars and seeing 30 degree glowing spheres appearing and disappearing every 30 seconds like this - CME 2005/05/15 Little Mtn. << http://members.csolutions.net/fisherka/astronote/observed/CME200505/20050515...
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Having seen the "big one", subtle glows won't get me out of bed on a work night.
Jaded, just jaded, old man. Your're probably just too tired from all that exercise you've been doing. -:)
Unless you're absolutely 'jonesing' to see any auroral activity, the Park City apparition was a yawner.
Well, I guess I must need that "fix" of watching a high-energy physics experiment going on over your head. It always seems to fascinate me. And if you are a lurker and you or your children have never seen an aurora and aren't planning to fly to Alaska in the near future - learning how to "chase" aurora in Utah is well-worth the time. It's one of those things that should be on your "gotta do before I die" list. - Canopus56(Kurt) P.S. - Observing report with more pic links 5/15/2005 http://members.csolutions.net/fisherka/astronote/observed/CME200505/CME20050... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com