The sun farted in Earths direction recently causing aurora visible as far south as Devon last night. If there's a gap in the clouds tonight they may be visible again.
Aurora
- Thread starter HorseGuy
- Start date
-
BushMoot: Come along to the amazing Summer Moot 31st July - 5th August (extended Moot : 27th July - 8th August), a festival of bushcrafting and camping in a beautiful woodland PLEASE CLICK HERE for more information.
Ahh you have the great scribes poise and descriptive elegance!
William would be proud.
It's a specialized astronomical term. I know all the proper lingo me like bein' a proper science expert an' whatnot.
I happened on it by chance, managed to get some photos.
I know cameras pic up more than wee see but these were so unbelievably vivid! Ive watched the northern lights in the far north of Finland and Norway a few times and these were up there with the best of them!
I know cameras pic up more than wee see but these were so unbelievably vivid! Ive watched the northern lights in the far north of Finland and Norway a few times and these were up there with the best of them!
Most people are unaware that there is over a century's worth of scientific data which shows the movement of the Earths magnetic poles have been steadily wandering at a gradually accelerating pace. Also lately the Earths magnetosphere has started to weaken slightly too. This is what seems to be responsible for the now semi-regular low latitude aurora which never used to happen just a few years ago.
There's a disputed but credible sounding theory (supported by both astronomical and geological evidence) which suggests the Earths magnetic poles flip ends every 12,000 years in response to magnetic influence from the supermassive black hole which sits at the center of the Milky Way effecting our entire galaxy. There's a channel on Youtube called SpaceWeatherNews which explains this theory in detail if anybody is interested.
Regarding the theory I'm on the fence as I'm not an expert regarding astrophysics. But to my amateur ears it does sound like it might be credible based on the evidence presented. I do wonder if we could ever have a pole flip within our lifetimes? Now that really would be something.
Last edited:
Aye, well over a 1000 miles in the last century, heading towards Siberia.
Seen a lot of talk regarding a geomagnetic excursion from professional sun analysts. SpaceWeatherNews, (Ben)... is one of them. I've followed him on Twitter/X for several years now.
Our understanding is limited though, based on just how long we've been observing it. Could be a completely natural part of the precessions 26k year cycle... But at the same time, we are still in an ice age... The beginning of one really given the duration of the previous 4, (the previous 4 have an average duration of 161.25 million years, this one is only 2.7 million years old) Just in an interglacial period... which research suggests has almost run its course. 12k to 15k years of interglacial, to 100k+ of glacial. ( Milankovitch cycle) Been in this interglacial almost 12k.
Similar threads
