09-09-2011, 11:10 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Calgary
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Yup sure is pretty cool
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09-09-2011, 11:16 PM
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Yup, we just got a crazy display in Kensington of all places... Stuck around for a few minutes and was gone in a flash.
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09-09-2011, 11:22 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Yup - just watched them for about 10 minutes up in Coventry Hills. Quite bright green at one point. Seems to have faded away now. Actually quite amazing.
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09-09-2011, 11:28 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: South Calgary
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Spaceweather.com has some crazy pictures from across Canada. This one was taken on Sept. 3rd in Fort Nelson, B.C. by Steve Milner. There are a bunch of them from a magnetic storm in august as well.
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09-09-2011, 11:29 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
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Beautiful as always, sure do appreciate them more living Southern Alberta now, such a pretty site. Thanks for the heads up cmyden
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09-09-2011, 11:30 PM
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#7
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Nothing up by Chinook. =/ Bit of a shame. Been a while since I last saw the Northern Lights.
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09-09-2011, 11:30 PM
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Tonight may have been the most amazing display I've ever seen and I'm in my 50s.
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09-09-2011, 11:50 PM
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Playboy Mansion Poolboy
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Close enough to make a beer run during a TV timeout
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In Copperfield the best show was to the east. Could also be due to light polution to the north of me.
Just came in from seeing the best show I've ever seen in Calgary.
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09-10-2011, 12:10 AM
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Yeah I took a drive out to Coach Hill and watched for a while. Pretty cool.
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09-10-2011, 02:35 AM
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Watching them up north now. They're pretty spectacular tonight.
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09-10-2011, 08:56 AM
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: The frozen surface of a fireball
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I saw them around Patterson at 10:50 for about 25 minutes. Should have stayed up and watched for them all night. First time I have seen them in Calgary in about 3 years, and the first time I have seen them with colour in awhile.
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09-10-2011, 10:49 AM
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Scoring Winger
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In Edmonton and saw them last night. Actually the first time I've ever witnessed them; was pretty amazing.
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09-10-2011, 01:13 PM
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Crash and Bang Winger
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Mountains
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Saw some decent bursts of them at Molly Malones patio last night. They lasted for about 10-15 and there were some points where it was pretty green.
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09-10-2011, 01:30 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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Got tweets last night from calgary talking about this, in saskatoon there wasn't anything, but I was determined and drove out of the city to where you can really see the sky, and the northern lights were weakly on display out in Sask, nothing close to what it was like in Alberta. Still, it was night being out under the stars for a few minutes.
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09-10-2011, 03:23 PM
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tromboner
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: where the lattes are
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Completely missed them.
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09-10-2011, 04:59 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Seems to be some higher Geomagnetic activity happening again today.
http://www.spaceweather.gc.ca/sr-1-e...uthernprairies
^^ Good page trying to forecast the likelihood of northern lights in southern Alberta.
Seems like when it gets to level 6 or 7 on clear nights we have a good chance of seeing northern lights in Calgary.
Hopefully there will be more chances to see them in Calgary over the next year or so with the solar sunspots approaching the peak of their 11 year cycle.
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09-27-2011, 11:16 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Calgary
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Saw them in the SE tonight.Pretty good show but they faded fast. Got a few pics, uploading now.
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09-27-2011, 11:25 PM
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#20
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Calgary
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Well, if I didn't work a 13 hour shift today, I might have been more inclined to drive around a bit. Instead, I found a dark corner of Copperfield and some new showhomes. Sorry it isn't much of a composed photo.. i was using my car roof and my wallet as my tripod. lol.
This is looking NE.
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