Sherburne County Minnesota
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| August 3 Sherburne County Minnesota |
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| A class C3 solar flare on the sun sent a couple of cornonal mass ejections towards the earth back on August 1st of which the first one set off a decent geomagnetic storms triggering a display of auroras. The fly in the ointment was a narrow band of high clouds near the horizon which reduced the northerns lights to glowing green blobs from our viewing location. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| A test shot off the upper deck at home looking north / northwest right after sunset to see of the aurora was there. Yep....time to go. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Headed up to one of my favorite night sky spots. There is some light pollution from Princeton and a lot to the west towards St. Cloud but straight north is pretty good here. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Looking northeast. The low clouds really hosed the night. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Another shot looking northeast. This was the biggest pulse I saw and only lasted about 5 minutes with good light. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| More clouds...looking north / northwest. Hopefully the activity on the sun keeps going as one of these times we will get a good show up here again! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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