Scunnered Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 From the BBC: Northern Lights illuminate the UKThe Aurora Borealis - better known as the Northern Lights - has been giving rare and spectacular displays over parts of the UK, from the north of Scotland to as far south as Essex and Gloucestershire. The lights have also been clearly visible in places such as Orkney, Norfolk, and south Wales. ... Northern Lights illuminate the UK Does anyone have anything to report? I've just been out for a quick look, but it's cloudy to the North. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blobloblob Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 I live in Lancashire so it's rather pointless ever bothering to look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ologhai Jones Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 I didn't hear about it till this morning on the Today programme on Radio 4. Which isn't useful of them. Odd how they tell me what Ed Miliband's going to say in advance of a speech even though telling me in retrospect (or not at all) would do, but they don't tell me about this opportunity to see the Northern Lights until it's too late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Starla Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 I didn't hear about it till this morning on the Today programme on Radio 4. Which isn't useful of them. Odd how they tell me what Ed Miliband's going to say in advance of a speech even though telling me in retrospect (or not at all) would do, but they don't tell me about this opportunity to see the Northern Lights until it's too late. Same as. If I can get a long range weather forecast, they could at least add the Aurora Borealis into that, to give me some notice. London here, so no hope of seeing anything apart from our own orangey coloured southern lights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloo Loo Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 The world is on fire I tell you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Eagle Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Odd how they tell me what Ed Miliband's going to say in advance of a speech even though telling me in retrospect (or not at all) would do, but they don't tell me about this opportunity to see the Northern Lights until it's too late. They don't want you to look up to the sky as you might spot things that you aren't supposed to see... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 I have the album somewhere from 1978! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Masked Tulip Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 I put forward the theory that the Earth has wobbled and the powers that be aren't telling us. Evidence: 1. The weather changes in the northern hemisphere. 2. I can't work the compass app on my smartphone. 3. The Aurora Borealis in Kent. 4. Must be some other things. Personally I blamed the black hole at the heart of the Large Hadron Collider that SG1 are trying to fix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankus Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 I put forward the theory that the Earth has wobbled and the powers that be aren't telling us. Evidence: 1. The weather changes in the northern hemisphere. 2. I can't work the compass app on my smartphone. 3. The Aurora Borealis in Kent. 4. Must be some other things. Personally I blamed the black hole at the heart of the Large Hadron Collider that SG1 are trying to fix. Magnetic field wobble perhaps , aren't we overdue for a polar flip at sometime ...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the gardener Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Magnetic field wobble perhaps , aren't we overdue for a polar flip at sometime ...... Nothing to see here, move along. I saw the Northern Lights from Hampshire about 25 years ago, again on a cold February night. Don't remember any wobbles in the earth back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1929crash Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Love that song. I looked Thursday but the sky over South Wales was cloudy. It was brilliantly clear last night, with even the Milky Way visible (no moon) but no northern lights,sad to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The XYY Man Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Visible in Hartlepool, and featured in the local paper. Most likely obscured by smog in Middlesbrough... XYY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1929crash Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Visible in Hartlepool, and featured in the local paper. Most likely obscured by smog in Middlesbrough... XYY Or maybe the metal from the Transporter Bridge cocked up the magnetic flow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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