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chid · 03-09-2008, 12:44 AM

Anyone see these tonight? I was in Marda Loop at about 10:30 and the sky was just beautiful.
Any pictures taken?

SarichFan · 03-09-2008, 12:46 AM

Yeah that was nuts, filled the entire sky!

icarus · 03-09-2008, 12:47 AM

Cool, what were the colours like? Just the standard green?

burn_this_city · 03-09-2008, 12:50 AM

Just green but ubber intense for Calgary.. I was shocked when I walked outta my buddies at midnight.. Probably only the 5th time I've ever seen them here in town..

Fobby · 03-09-2008, 01:42 AM

damn.. i was in alaska for a week and didn't see any.. i come home.. and i see it.. that's awesome.

Dion · 03-09-2008, 01:58 AM

What a shame. I live practicaly in the country and would have loved to have seen this.

Slava · 03-09-2008, 09:51 AM

I also saw them at around 12-12:30 last night. They were incredible...for Calgary. You hardly see them here at all, but that was one of the best shows I've seen here!

habernac · 03-09-2008, 10:02 AM

nice. That's one of the very few things I miss about Fort McMurray. Wicked northern lights up there.

Deegee · 03-09-2008, 10:11 AM

Was in Olds and outside last night around midnight they did look fantastic. They spanned over quite a distance in the skies...

4X4 · 03-09-2008, 10:37 AM

Damn... Missed the show. Anyone here ever been up to the arctic? I was up in Inuvik and Tuk a few years ago. The northern lights were amazing. One night the sky looked like it had a curtain across it as though I was in an auditorium looking at a stage. Amazing stuff. I took some pictures with a cheap disposable camera that didn't turn out.

Burninator · 03-09-2008, 11:05 AM

I've lived in Calgary my whole life and I've never seen the northern lights. What the fata is wrong with me?

sclitheroe · 03-09-2008, 11:50 AM

What are the chances it happens again tonight? Or does it not work that way?

Berger_4_ · 03-09-2008, 12:36 PM

I've always thought they just kind of happen randomly. Dunno for sure though.

Last night was amazing though. I just about hit the ditch 5 or 6 times because I was looking out the window at them. The greens were so intense and flowing...I love the northern lights.

Displaced Flames fan · 03-09-2008, 12:38 PM

I never saw them in my time in Kalispell, though I hear that you can on occasion, even that far south. My wife used to see them in Houston, BC growing up...she says it was fairly rare though.

Hope I get to move back north again someday soon.

Jayems · 03-09-2008, 03:52 PM

I got home from hockey late last night, so by all accounts, I missed the main show, but they were still visible at around 1am. I'm aware that my focus is off in a few of them, and for that, I apologize. I have a busted tri-pod I was trying to work with, couldn't see a damn thing... but oh well... here is a random selection of what I got last night. Again, not much, but meh.

REDVAN · 03-09-2008, 03:54 PM

wow nice pics!

Jayems · 03-09-2008, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by REDVAN

wow nice pics!

Thanks, but if you want to see amazing pics, check out MJK's from the never ending photo thread!

http://forum.calgarypuck.com/showpos...&postcount=242

http://forum.calgarypuck.com/showpos...&postcount=244

http://forum.calgarypuck.com/showpos...&postcount=258

KevanGuy · 03-09-2008, 04:09 PM

Cool, thanks for posting those pics Jayems.

Dion · 03-09-2008, 04:10 PM

Good shots James!

Displaced Flames fan · 03-09-2008, 06:18 PM

Thanks for posting those and the links to MJK's! Very much appreciated.