Geomagnetic storm worst since 2003

[Hanno Labuschagne]

Geomagnetic storm worst since 2003

A severe solar storm this weekend brought a dazzling display of the Northern Lights that could be seen across Europe and as far south as Alabama in the US, while threatening to trigger blackouts and disrupt navigation systems around the world.

An extreme geomagnetic storm is underway as energy from the sun collided with Earth’s magnetic field, the US Space Weather Prediction Centre said.

[Bloomberg]

 

[DapperDanMan]

Starlink customers are going to have intermittent connectivity.

And Neuralink customers are going to ...

 

[Temujin]

I warned everyone but no one would listen... now look, we're all screwed

Simple solution, pay moar taxes to change the climate of the sun

 

[Harmonic]

Seeing lots of pics of the aurora being visible on the garden route last night

 

[lkpat]

Starlink customers are going to have intermittent connectivity.

No issues with Starlink thus far. I can't imagine it would affect LOE.

 

[lkpat]

Seeing lots of pics of the aurora being visible on the garden route last night

Was visible around East London too.

 

[DapperDanMan]

No issues with Starlink thus far. I can't imagine it would affect LOE.

Massive solar storm degrades Starlink services - TechCentral

Starlink warned on Saturday of "degraded service" as the Earth is battered by the biggest geomagnetic storm in 21 years.

techcentral.co.za

 

[Defiler]

I may have been lucky and caught a glimpse of the aurora last night from the deep south in CPT, looking towards Simon's Town/Cape Point.

I looked out my window just before going to bed and thought, "oh no, it looks like there is a fire on the mountain again", but realized that the glow in the sky was much more crimson than orange and that there wasn't any smoke. It was a really clear night.

 

[Toxic T]

Amazing photos of the southern lights (Aurora australis) as G5 solar storm hits

See our website for more details and latest updates

snowreport.co.za

 

[Spizz]

I may have been lucky and caught a glimpse of the aurora last night from the deep south in CPT, looking towards Simon's Town/Cape Point.

I looked out my window just before going to bed and thought, "oh no, it looks like there is a fire on the mountain again", but realized that the glow in the sky was much more crimson than orange and that there wasn't any smoke. It was a really clear night.

Most likely. Quite a few people from Hermanus have posted photos on the local Facebook groups.

 

[semaphore]

I can’t wait for the resident geophysicists to pitch up and share their wisdom.

 

[dontcryforme]

Amazing photos of the southern lights (Aurora australis) as G5 solar storm hits

See our website for more details and latest updates

snowreport.co.za

No video?

 

[Sapphiron]

No video?

The SA images are all long exposure photo's. It's too dim to make out with the naked eye this far away from the poles.

 

[Defiler]

Most likely. Quite a few people from Hermanus have posted photos on the local Facebook groups.

Oh yeah, after taking a look at some of the pics it was definitely an aurora, it was just a bit dim, and most of my view of the horizon is blocked by a mountain, unfortunately. A DSLR with long exposure would have gotten a pic...

 

[Wut]

The SA images are all long exposure photo's. It's too dim to make out with the naked eye this far away from the poles.

Pic from last night in Port Alfred taken with my crappy phone camera.

 

[supersunbird]

 

[Grubscrew]

Only Covid Vaccine takers who voted for Trump can see this 24/7




Kids, and this is why we will get 65% more replies on this thread.

 

[Sapphiron]

Pic from last night in Port Alfred taken with my crappy phone camera.

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Based on how over exposed the trees are, I would guess the phone was using some video based exposure (night mode) of a few seconds long.

 

[saor]

Based on how over exposed the trees are, I would guess the phone was using some video based exposure (night mode) of a few seconds long.

Run through an HGAN7 exposure tool it almost looks like a ufo top left.

 

[dontcryforme]

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