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Anonymous
Anon delivers.
>> Polar Light Gatling
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Polarlight is so beautiful! I hope to see it for real one day.
>> Anonymous
those are the Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights....not fucking Polarlight
>> Gatling
>>407248

OH RLY? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_borealis
>> Anonymous
I remember when I was able to see the lights in NH. It wasn't very strong, but it was enough to dazzle me. It's funny that just some radiation makes us get all "ooooh" and "ahhhhh".
>> Anonymous
When they show videos of it I never know if it's in real-time or slowed down or sped up.
>> Anonymous
>>407308

you dont use wiki to validate a statement, asshat.
>> trivianon
Also known in Finland as revontulet = foxfires

>>407230
Pick a time when the sunspots and the solar activity is at a maximum and head for the arctic circle to a place that's going to have clear skies.

>>407367
It's usually shown at around 2x or 4x speed.

The most spooky thing I ever saw was the great red northern lights around -98.

I woke to this weird red light coming around the curtain. I got up and went out to see what was happening.
It could be seen at least everywhere in Finland and it was so bright I could actually read in the middle of the night with no other illumination.

The light covered the whole sky in intense streamers of scarlet that seemed to be coming from a single point in the sky, slowly undulating and the brightness fluctuating, the exact center being hard to pinpoint, since the stars could not be seen through the brightness.

The event lasted the whole night and when sun came up at 9am I was still outside, eyes in the sky and with a sore neck.

Unfortunately I didn't have a camera with me, but then again, pictures or videos never really convey the feeling/awe/beauty of the northern lights.
>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
Thanks Anon.
>> Anonymous
source for the pictures please?
>> Anonymous
>>407636
The Sun
>> Anonymous
>>407636
http://images.google.com/images?q=aurora+australis&um=1&hl=en&client=opera&rls=fi&am
p;sa=N&imgsz=huge
and

http://images.google.com/images?q=aurora+borealis&um=1&hl=en&client=opera&rls=fi&amp
;sa=G&imgsz=huge
>> Anonymous
>>408077

Wrong you cocky dipshit.
>> Anonymous
>>407636
OP's picture comes with Vista
>> Anonymous
>>408077


oh wow
>> Anonymous
>>408628
>>408645
No, anon is right.

It's the combined force of the earth's magnetic poles with the sun's solar flares and whatnot that make these lights possible. The sun's activity peaks every eleven years which makes the Aurora Borealis more frequent and more vivid. So, come 2011 and 2012, the sun will hit another peak. That's when I plan on going.

Do some research, idiots.
>> Anonymous
MOAAAAAAAAR