After the last big viewing opportunity I’m hooked. I’m going to go harder (focus on getting as far out of light pollution as possible) this time and the weather is going to be even better. Highly recommend it!
Severe Geomagnetic Storm Watch (and maybe big Northern Lights show)
- Thread starter Jer
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According to the local report between 1am & Daybreak Saturday morning.
I have a nice dark place I could go. I just have to decide if I want to get up in the middle of the night.
Does this mean that rascal Ed Wilson is going to interupt my Wheel of Fortune watching tonight with more crazy updates??? I hate when that happens...
Here's a light map if you are looking for a spot without excessive urban light pollution. I am thinking of driving up I-94 past St. Cloud to a rest stop. Hard to find a good spot since most public areas like refuges and parks close at 10 pm.
Any Twin Cities folk got a better idea? Thinking of trying some photo opts with tripod and long exposure.
Any Twin Cities folk got a better idea? Thinking of trying some photo opts with tripod and long exposure.
Blue Marble Navigator - Night Lights
Google-Maps-like viewer of night-time satellite imagery.
blue-marble.de
Yes, a lot of hyperbole, but as you said a really big one could be catastrophic as much as we rely on electricity and electronic devices.
Carrington Event - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
This one in 1859 was before our reliance on electronics but was still a mess for telegraph service.
We do need to upgrade our energy infrastructure. If a big one like that did it, it'd take a lot of time to replace all of our transformers.
I don't think this one is a risk for that kind of stuff. Will be interesting to see how much it does disrupt, though, potentially being the strongest in 20 years. Apparently the one in 2005 caused power issues in Sweeden and blew some transformers in South Africa.
Might disrupt GPS, but planes can handle a GPS outage. Nothings going to be falling out of the sky, so I doubt anything gets grounded (unless there are localized power grid issues).
Kinda thought Murph would with the latest on CC.
A REALLY bad one could cause electronic failures. But that would be the kind of civilization ending ones you can read about. You might be better off having a 6 minute plane ride to your "final destination" than get killed by chaos or starvation in a few months...
Most military stuff is hardened against these EMP type surges, but most civilian stuff isn't.
I know of a place about 45 miles north of Omaha that's pretty dark. I might try to do the sameHere's a light map if you are looking for a spot without excessive urban light pollution. I am thinking of driving up I-94 past St. Cloud to a rest stop. Hard to find a good spot since most public areas like refuges and parks close at 10 pm.
Any Twin Cities folk got a better idea? Thinking of trying some photo opts with tripod and long exposure.
Blue Marble Navigator - Night Lights
Google-Maps-like viewer of night-time satellite imagery.blue-marble.de
One of these days I would love to go to the Nebraska Star Party. It's every summer at about the new moon in the middle of the state which is some of the darkest skies in the country.
https://www.nebraskastarparty.org/
