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The events, called Coronal Mass Ejections, have sent 10 billion tonnes of superhot gas speeding towards Earth.
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time to buckle up for some SPACE WEATHER
― mark s, Friday, 10 May 2024 08:45 (two months ago) link
no supercharged auroras are going to stop me from cutting my hedges today, even tho I am looking for excuses to knock the job back
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Friday, 10 May 2024 09:03 (two months ago) link
calz later today
https://j.gifs.com/mlZwNN.gif
― mark s, Friday, 10 May 2024 09:15 (two months ago) link
do we have anyone here who lives way up north? Supposedly there might be good northern lights tonight. God I would love to see that.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Friday, 10 May 2024 09:17 (two months ago) link
I'm in Ireland, and we had great aurora in November, and again recently (although you couldn't really see it because the sky is always cloudy). Our problem in the summer is that the sky is only dark enough to see aurora between about 11pm and 4am.
― trishyb, Friday, 10 May 2024 10:51 (two months ago) link
A professional photographer who lives near me took this timelapse just a month ago at the mouth of the Boyne.
― trishyb, Friday, 10 May 2024 10:54 (two months ago) link
I hadn't even thought about the short summer nights and how they would impact viewing. Good point!
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Friday, 10 May 2024 11:10 (two months ago) link
xpost - very cool :)
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Friday, 10 May 2024 11:11 (two months ago) link
I was just reading that Seattle might see some aurora?
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 10 May 2024 17:38 (two months ago) link
local papers are claiming it may be visible from dartmoor (which is of course high with clear horizons and not very light-polluted)
where i am is none of those really, plus another ten miles or so to the south
― mark s, Friday, 10 May 2024 18:00 (two months ago) link
there was a recent new yorker article about solar storms: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/03/04/what-a-major-solar-storm-could-do-to-our-planet
― jaymc, Friday, 10 May 2024 21:11 (two months ago) link
I remember a 'last man on earth' kind of movie from childhood where a massive solar flare turned everyone into little piles of salt.. can't remember what it was called
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 10 May 2024 21:33 (two months ago) link
I found it:
Where Have All the People Gone?TV Movie1974TV-PG1h 14m
After a catastrophic solar flare decimates almost all life, reducing people to powdery substance, a group of survivors treks across the devastated Earth.
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 10 May 2024 21:38 (two months ago) link
pictures from Kent of aurora but I've just been out and have seen nothing. probably too much light pollution in London.
gonna mark myself "safe from the triffids" on Twitter
― koogs, Friday, 10 May 2024 21:56 (two months ago) link
C'mon global EMP, do your thing
― papal hotwife (milo z), Friday, 10 May 2024 21:59 (two months ago) link
Xpost I'd go out and look but I am just gonna be disappointed. I'm sure you're right +
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Friday, 10 May 2024 22:00 (two months ago) link
I got curious and I swear I see way more stars than usual and a few weird light streaks. They aren't colored though. I need to remember how to post a pic because someone in Scotland just posted a beautiful one on FB.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Friday, 10 May 2024 22:39 (two months ago) link
Oh the things ppl are seeing are killing me I'm so jealous. :(
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Friday, 10 May 2024 22:41 (two months ago) link
HFS that's a big sunspot complex right now.
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 10 May 2024 22:51 (two months ago) link
Yeah I didn’t realise I could see it, but went out now and got some pics. Your phone flash needs to be off.
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Friday, 10 May 2024 22:52 (two months ago) link
I'm going to look out front just in case.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Friday, 10 May 2024 22:53 (two months ago) link
I’m a lot further south than people with really nice dramatic aurora pictures & I had to leave the house and walk to a location with a suitable north view but!https://i.postimg.cc/NFvPsX1k/IMG-0588.jpgSame location before I turned my flash off literally a minute beforehandhttps://i.postimg.cc/pT3ypWTZ/IMG-0586.jpg
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Friday, 10 May 2024 22:57 (two months ago) link
That's still so neat. More than I can see but it's similar just without the pink.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Friday, 10 May 2024 22:59 (two months ago) link
Hundreds of webcams all pink https://www.foto-webcam.eu/webcam/lucknerhaus/
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 10 May 2024 23:06 (two months ago) link
Oh thank you.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Friday, 10 May 2024 23:16 (two months ago) link
Ahhh my grandfather was a chef in this hotel around 1950 and I stayed there a couple years ago: https://www.foto-webcam.eu/webcam/eibsee-hotel/
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Friday, 10 May 2024 23:18 (two months ago) link
didn’t try getting a photo, but from where we are in south london some light streaks and a touch of green and purple glow. don’t have a very clear north view though.
― devvvine, Friday, 10 May 2024 23:19 (two months ago) link
If you’re in Canada or a northern state with clear skies then stay up for this one imo https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/aurora-30-minute-forecast
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 10 May 2024 23:28 (two months ago) link
I never have any luck posting pictures here, they always come out broken or enormous. But I posted this on Bluesky just now. The lights have been very strong here, and spread right across the sky, not just in the north. There's a real sense of excitement down at the beach, with people arriving in their cars in their pyjamas and dressing gowns to see what all the fuss is about.I'd say the Icelandic tourist board is raging.
― trishyb, Friday, 10 May 2024 23:29 (two months ago) link
Xpost someone in one of those places listen to the man and take pics!
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Friday, 10 May 2024 23:30 (two months ago) link
Probably Eastern North America only tbf. Sun will have chilled out by the time it’s dark west of that.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 10 May 2024 23:31 (two months ago) link
Amazing photo
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 10 May 2024 23:32 (two months ago) link
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jcoy7v3a2t4rcfdh6i4kza25/feed/astro is very good rn
Mbv looking feed
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 10 May 2024 23:33 (two months ago) link
Omg this one
https://bsky.app/profile/stim3on.bsky.social/post/3ks67umdvpk26
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Friday, 10 May 2024 23:34 (two months ago) link
I can't believe I can't really see anything. London is bullshit.
https://bsky.app/profile/williamcarruthers.bsky.social/post/3ks676dqfse24 says you can see it only with a long exposureAt least it’s clear I guess. Totally overcast most of the NE US.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 10 May 2024 23:39 (two months ago) link
I went to the beach for a bit and you could see a bit of magenta and light streaks but that was about it, was dying down and I got cold so I came back
― Colonel Poo, Friday, 10 May 2024 23:39 (two months ago) link
lol I was thinking that while I was sat on the beach. I guess that's me eaten by triffids then
― Colonel Poo, Friday, 10 May 2024 23:57 (two months ago) link
see alsohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrington_Eventcould this be the last night of ILX?? stay tuned!
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Saturday, 11 May 2024 00:03 (two months ago) link
https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:jmte4w4x7ukciit6lci6ziau/bafkreid2xyj2jdf4n3hjtbuwys3c5uudf2yy3qhwkzm7a4iyr56aw274a4@jpeg
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Saturday, 11 May 2024 01:36 (two months ago) link
NE US clearing up. If it looks clear and you live somewhere with low light pollution then try to take a photo or video even if you can't see any lights. the phone might pick something up.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Saturday, 11 May 2024 01:40 (two months ago) link
Happening in the US https://bsky.app/profile/rusty.todayintabs.com/post/3ks6l2nn7dk2s
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Saturday, 11 May 2024 02:29 (two months ago) link
Got some pretty nice pics here in N. Miss. If we have a bloody sky here, it must look like the apocalypse up north.
https://scontent-hou1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/438097186_10163272497353709_7300760230610544342_n.jpg?stp=cp6_dst-jpg&_nc_cat=111&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=5f2048&_nc_ohc=ncjcMuMF_usQ7kNvgFQ1fpt&_nc_ht=scontent-hou1-1.xx&oh=00_AYAN3eyfvfqj_X0T0TYDPKN7-k-lfOhmteQ7rz1bYP3fFA&oe=6644BC0E
― Ippei's on a bummer now (WmC), Saturday, 11 May 2024 02:29 (two months ago) link
it is 100% clear here in Oregon, but not yet sunset, will try to take pics
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Saturday, 11 May 2024 02:35 (two months ago) link
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/03/04/what-a-major-solar-storm-could-do-to-our-planet
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Saturday, 11 May 2024 02:36 (two months ago) link
I posted that upthread. Crazy that a major one is happening so soon after that article.
― jaymc, Saturday, 11 May 2024 03:58 (two months ago) link
oops sorry! yeah fascinating article
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Saturday, 11 May 2024 04:02 (two months ago) link
Cloudy sky down here, but the Mt Wilson tower cam picked up some faint redhttps://mas.to/@quartzcity/112420923956459908
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 11 May 2024 06:26 (two months ago) link
Halfway between Antwerp and Brussels? Yeah, no chance.
― StanM, Saturday, 11 May 2024 06:43 (two months ago) link
We had some muted displays in the southern part of the UK. My kid has recently passed his driving test and about midnight we all bundled into his car and went to some local high ground and watched. It had kind of died down by then but still a great experience.
― I would prefer not to. (Chinaski), Saturday, 11 May 2024 09:03 (two months ago) link
Thoughts with the Icelandic Tourist Board at this difficult time... #NorthernLights— Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) May 11, 2024
― koogs, Saturday, 11 May 2024 10:00 (two months ago) link
already encountered two separate truther narratives on this:i) tales of ppl just posting images they grabbed off GiS ii) ppl claiming that yr phone's night filter is merely creating artefacts that are fake (same as samsung replacing yr wobbly and blurry image of the moon with their professional never-changed stored image) (on the very true grounds that yrs was just an incompetwnt attempt at what they did earlier its_the_same_picture.jpg)
anyway it didn't reach plymouth and i went to bed despondent but also safe from triffids © koogs
― mark s, Saturday, 11 May 2024 10:20 (two months ago) link
same as samsung replacing yr wobbly and blurry image of the moon with their professional never-changed stored image
Does this happen? That would be annoying.
Last October or November (cold, a weeknight, you had to be a nerd to know about it in advance) when the aurora was visible, we were one of only two cars down at the river to watch it. Last night (warm, Friday night, Met Éireann had talked about it on the national weather forecast), there were crowds out. It felt a little like that bit in Close Encounters when everyone comes to see the spaceships but there are only helicopters. Obviously the "this is how it starts" mantra was going around in my head. Looking up at the incredible birdlike figures in the sky, I could easily imagine how terrifying this could be if you didn't know what was happening.
― trishyb, Saturday, 11 May 2024 10:38 (two months ago) link
re the “samsung moon scandal” so-called: i think when you zoomed into the moon in your own picture it supplied detail that your phone could not have achieved -- so not quite unasked but also not really clearly explained (but i'm basing this on discussions in reddit threads, which is perhaps a version of the same crime)
― mark s, Saturday, 11 May 2024 10:48 (two months ago) link
https://www.samsung.com/uk/support/mobile-devices/how-galaxy-cameras-combine-super-resolution-technologies-with-ai-to-produce-high-quality-images-of-the-moon/
the Galaxy camera uses Scene Optimiser’s deep learning-based AI detail enhancement engine to eliminate any remaining noise and enhance the details of the image even furtherp
― ledge, Saturday, 11 May 2024 13:23 (two months ago) link
the shit it makes up would differ depending on the position of the person taking the photo. did it even go that far or did they all just end up with a default north american moon?
― koogs, Saturday, 11 May 2024 14:36 (two months ago) link
The generous interpretation is that Samsung’s process captures blurry details in the original photograph and then upscales them using AI. This is an established technique that has its problems ... But as the Reddit tests show, Samsung’s process is more intrusive than this: it doesn’t just improve the sharpness of blurry details — it creates them. It’s at this point that I think most people would agree the resulting image is, for better or worse, fake.
― jaymc, Saturday, 11 May 2024 15:37 (two months ago) link
It's true about the auroras that they look much more colorful on a cellphone camera than to the naked eye (not that they aren't amazing to the naked eye, but my iPhone definitely picked up the fainter ones before my (old) eyes could)
― the absence of bikes (f. hazel), Saturday, 11 May 2024 15:58 (two months ago) link
Stay frosty. Good chance of a repeat. https://bsky.app/profile/philplait.bsky.social/post/3ksa6wkpqyk2c
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Saturday, 11 May 2024 18:21 (two months ago) link
Ok so if there's a repeat. What is optimal time? I still don't think I am gonna see anything but will try. Also, why didn't anyone know about this until like 2 days ago?? I would have gone somewhere with a better chance of viewing had I know. A friend just happens to be in Scotland and holy shit her pics were amazing.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Saturday, 11 May 2024 18:29 (two months ago) link
Yeah, but you could head up to Scotland and it could be completely clouded over. Our met office only started talking about it when they were pretty sure the skies would be completely clear.
― trishyb, Saturday, 11 May 2024 18:33 (two months ago) link
Ah ok - maybe that's why I hadn't heard anything. I have to sign up for bluesky so I can see your pic! Will do now.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Saturday, 11 May 2024 18:50 (two months ago) link
Best time per that bsky post: “A lot of folks are asking if we'll get a repeat of last night's aurora for tonight. No guarantees, but the storm is ongoing so my guess is yes! If it's clear, wait until it's dark (1.5 hours or after sunset) and look north (unless you're in Oz/NZ/etc then look south).”
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Saturday, 11 May 2024 19:23 (two months ago) link
“To be clear you can *start* looking after sunset. The closer to midnight it is the better it tends to be, but not necessarily. Go out every half hour or so to check!”
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Saturday, 11 May 2024 19:24 (two months ago) link
I could have read the link before asking. Sorry but thank you. I will be looking from west London!
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Saturday, 11 May 2024 19:30 (two months ago) link
seems like the best time here at least was about 11:30. I went out about 11:50 and caught a bit but by 12:30 it had either faded or was covered by clouds/mist
― Colonel Poo, Saturday, 11 May 2024 19:38 (two months ago) link
9 p.m. was peak for us last night (US CDT)
― Ippei's on a bummer now (WmC), Saturday, 11 May 2024 20:48 (two months ago) link
No way I was going anywhere last night, I was in bed before the sun even went down. Apparently it was visible from castle hill! I’m going out for a wander now but it’s a little cloudy
― subpost master (wins), Saturday, 11 May 2024 20:59 (two months ago) link
Weird to think ppl go on special trips to northern climes to see this thing & it was visible up the road last night
― subpost master (wins), Saturday, 11 May 2024 21:00 (two months ago) link
I might have a drive out to the countryside to have a look tonight.
― This is Dance Anthems, have some respect (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 11 May 2024 21:08 (two months ago) link
that's our plan
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Saturday, 11 May 2024 21:09 (two months ago) link
a bar-guy in the pub i was in earlier was telling some tourists that it was totally visible in plymouth if you went to a headland (which has several such things, tho i don't live on one and have no plan to be on one later)
― mark s, Saturday, 11 May 2024 21:11 (two months ago) link
just been up to the local hillfort and saw NOTHING but it was nice being up there with loads of other small groups of vaguely excited people all stumbling around in the dark. on the downside, I've come home with that rotten Renaissance song stuck in my head
https://i.ibb.co/m88hR8H/Screenshot-20240511-225857-You-Tube.jpg
― Bernard Quidbins (NickB), Saturday, 11 May 2024 22:13 (two months ago) link
Yeah similarly I don’t think it’s gonna happen here tonight but it’s a nice atmos, also the city looks nice at night from up here, the night sky also (in a normal way), I’m listening to Gas
― subpost master (wins), Saturday, 11 May 2024 22:19 (two months ago) link
Oh perfect soundtrack
― Bernard Quidbins (NickB), Saturday, 11 May 2024 22:20 (two months ago) link
Yeah it’s nice, would have been amazing if it went along with actually seeing the lights. I think it’s a definite no for tonight tho, far from the “mostly clear” my weather app claimed the moon is almost completely obscured by clouds ppl have excitedly been taking flash photos of the empty sky all evening, I guess they’re gonna colour it in later
― subpost master (wins), Saturday, 11 May 2024 23:18 (two months ago) link
Ooh we forgot to go there to do cheese rolling with babybels this year, must pencil it in for next weekend.
― This is Dance Anthems, have some respect (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 11 May 2024 23:21 (two months ago) link
Sun chilled out. Nothing tonight afaict.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Sunday, 12 May 2024 00:06 (two months ago) link
NW of uk, around Manchester but not too close to main cities, my friend managed to catch some of it. I only saw a few wisps of uncoloured lights. Still all fascinating though.
Also, just wanted to note the top of the bump of this thread...
twenty years pass...
cor blimey!
― Ste, Monday, 13 May 2024 12:09 (two months ago) link
Nice piece in Nature about the solar storms, solar maximum and effects on gps, satellites etchttps://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01432-7
The solar storm interrupted radio and GPS communications across the globe. The broadband internet connection provided by Starlink, a division of the aerospace firm SpaceX — a service that relies on more than 5,000 satellites — reported some temporary degradation in the quality of its signals. That could be because of communications disruptions or because the storm changed the density of Earth’s atmosphere and created drag on the satellites, space-weather physicist Tamitha Skov posted on the social-media platform X (formerly Twitter).In anticipation of the extreme solar activity, electrical-grid operators had taken protective measures — geomagnetic storms can induce extra electrical currents in the grid, causing power cuts. New Zealand’s electrical-transmission service temporarily turned off some circuits around the country to prevent equipment damage.NASA said on 10 May that it foresaw no threat to the four US and three Russian astronauts aboard the International Space Station. Three people are aboard China's Tiangong space station, but there have been no reports of precautionary actions taken there either.
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Monday, 13 May 2024 20:06 (two months ago) link