Northern lights tonite

[Robhuntandfish]

https://www.localsyr.com/amp/weather/storm-team-headlines/central-new-york-has-a-chance-to-see-northern-lights-saturday-night/1869193886

Saw this one year out walleye fishing of the pier at Lewis point.  Was pretty awesome.  

[Bionic]

We will be out hoping to see it.  It’s Jenn’s bday today, and her, and I want to see the northern lights before we die, one of our biggest goals.  It would be her best gift ever to see them...

we saw an article that said as far south as NYC, and Chicago have a chance to see.  I am about 100 miles north of the city so fingers crossed

Edited March 23, 2019 by Bionic

[Nomad]

They were almost non stop, when I was way up in B.C. many years back , never had much luck here . 

[Pygmy]

I have seen them numerous times in Alaska and Northern Canada...

The most spectacular show was at Little Marten Lake,  100s of miles north of Yellowknife in N.W.T....I have a video of them laying around somewhere...They just kept sweeping across the sky in waves....i

[grampy]

I'll be out hoping to see them tonight !  Ever since reading Jack London stories as a kid I've wanted to see them! Have see faint traces of them here a time or two over the years. Looks like a good chance tonight, in the NW sky. Fingers crossed. 

Oh and.......Happy Birthday Jen!!!  

[Dom]

14 minutes ago, Pygmy said:

I have seen them numerous times in Alaska and Northern Canada...

The most spectacular show was at Little Marten Lake,  100s of miles north of Yellowknife in N.W.T....I have a video of them laying around somewhere...They just kept sweeping across the sky in waves....i

Yellow Knife is where my wife's family is from.I feel like a midget when we visit some big deer up there

[Moho81]

We will be out hoping to see it.  It’s Jenn’s bday today, and her, and I want to see the northern lights before we die, one of our biggest goals.  It would be her best gift ever to see them...
we saw an article that said as far south as NYC, and Chicago have a chance to see.  I am about 100 miles north of the city so fingers crossed

Happy Birthday Jenn !


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[greg54]

Saw them years ago in northern Norway when I was doing cold weather ops above the Arctic Circle in the Marines, it was awesome to see.

[helmut in the bush]

What time would you see them?

[Robhuntandfish]

The night I saw them over Oneida lake we didn't know what it was at first.  Then it just kept going thru the sky in green waves and figured it out.  Was prob 15 years ago.  We fished til like 3am and caught a few eyes as well.  Pretty cool. 

[Pygmy]

7 hours ago, helmut in the bush said:

What time would you see them?

To  quote helmut...What time would be an optimum time tonite to try to view them ??  I know you need to get away from the town lights, and probably a high spot without any artificial lighting would be a good place...I have a nice hilltop  in mind, far enough from the great metropolis of Dogpatch  so that I may have a chance of viewing them...

[Daveboone]

I hope I can stay up long enough....

I have been lucky enough to see them several times, the first and most vibrant was when I was a kid on my early winter am paper route amazing bright green and redwaves in the distant sky....it spooked the hell out of me until I realized what it was, then was memorized for a long time.  Back in the early nineties, they were visible overhead in CNy in the summer. I think Nasa released something for a study, which promoted it. Then about 15 years ago I was up near the James bay in early august, and we had a show. Then unfortunately it wasn't too bright...nights were too short, and the sun was barely under the horizon. 

[XGX7PM]

Definitely on my bucket list.

[Robhuntandfish]

36 minutes ago, Pygmy said:

To  quote helmut...What time would be an optimum time tonite to try to view them ??  I know you need to get away from the town lights, and probably a high spot without any artificial lighting would be a good place...I have a nice hilltop  in mind, far enough from the great metropolis of Dogpatch  so that I may have a chance of viewing them...

Article says between 10 and 2. But haven't heard otherwise. 

[Moho81]

I might just have to stay up late and have a few extra beers to kill time in to try and sneak a leak.


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[eaglemountainman]

Saw them almost every night while caribou hunting in the Arctic Circle a few years back. The green and magenta. Very cool!

[eaglemountainman]

3 hours ago, Moho81 said:

I might just have to stay up late and have a few extra beers to kill time in to try and sneak a leak.


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While you're sneakin' a leak, take a peak.

[fasteddie]

Looked and didn't see the lights . Someone must have turned them off ! 

[landtracdeerhunter]

Dang gone it, I missed em.

[Pygmy]

I looked and did not see them either...Sure was a clear night, though !...

[Robhuntandfish]

I stayed up but a house around the corner had something going on.  Fire trucks etc there for like an hour and a half.  Lots of flashing lights but not northern ones to be able to see.  But hope all was alright there.

[Bionic]

I was looking around 1:30, saw a ton of stars, perfect skies but no colors.

[MPHunter]

Saw them once in the mid-80s while fishing on Horseshoe Lake in the ADKs with my dad and grandfather. Really cool.

[Moho81]

Came home around midnight and completely forgot to look


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[grampy]

Went out a few times between 10 and 1 and didn't see any Aurora Borealis activity at all. But it was a beautiful clear night. And I wished on a shooting star. I enjoyed my time out there just the same.