OT - The Northern Lights Are out Tonight
Mates,
I was putting stuff on the grill just now and out of habit looked to the north and I have to tell you, the Northern Lights are out right now something fierce. They are to the west and north but sometimes when it starts this good it will get crazy good. They were not out when we were doing barn chores about an hour ago, but man, they are there now. For those who have not seen them I recommend you get to a relatively dark place and take a look. You won't be disappointed.
EDIT: They are now about 270 degrees around the farm - from SW, swinging all the way around north to the SE.
Representative photo here:
XM
January 29th, 2017 at 8:45 PM ^
January 29th, 2017 at 8:56 PM ^
coyote hide is a fine piece of fur. just sayin'.
January 29th, 2017 at 9:43 PM ^
January 29th, 2017 at 9:19 PM ^
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January 29th, 2017 at 8:46 PM ^
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January 29th, 2017 at 9:01 PM ^
and getting most of them in from the pasture. we only milk once a day, in the morning.
January 29th, 2017 at 9:11 PM ^
"We don't have a cow. We have a bull." -Kingpin
January 29th, 2017 at 9:18 PM ^
but since we don't have TV most of the year, i won't know the significance of the line. please explain.
January 29th, 2017 at 9:21 PM ^
Something about milking his bull.
January 29th, 2017 at 9:24 PM ^
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January 29th, 2017 at 9:33 PM ^
January 29th, 2017 at 9:36 PM ^
to satellite except during football season. i've been a bit soft this year and let it go past the nat'l championship game, but the superbowl will be the end of TV for the year, until fall.
January 29th, 2017 at 9:48 PM ^
I'm reminded of that classic Onion article:
http://www.theonion.com/article/area-man-constantly-mentioning-he-doesn…
(Meant in good humor--I still don't own a smart phone, and I seem to mention that fact quite often.)
January 29th, 2017 at 9:57 PM ^
and that is good stuff.
as for a smart phone, i finally got one last fall when it was given to me as a gift. i confess that i like it. you might, too.
January 29th, 2017 at 11:02 PM ^
January 29th, 2017 at 8:48 PM ^
January 29th, 2017 at 8:56 PM ^
we're up north.
January 29th, 2017 at 8:57 PM ^
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January 29th, 2017 at 10:20 PM ^
On the other hand I see things herre I never saw in Michigan such as Halos around the moon which seem to happen quite often.
January 29th, 2017 at 10:37 PM ^
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January 29th, 2017 at 8:59 PM ^
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January 29th, 2017 at 9:00 PM ^
up here. we've had it off and on most of today, too. so if there's a slacking or a quick trip out from underneath you'll see them.
January 29th, 2017 at 9:11 PM ^
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January 29th, 2017 at 9:19 PM ^
we are just out from under that right now.
January 29th, 2017 at 9:13 PM ^
January 30th, 2017 at 8:51 AM ^
About 15 years ago I was fishing from the shore on Belleville Lake at night with my cousin in August. We saw the meteor shower and the northern lights. It was bizarre because it lasted for hours and both were crystal clear. I haven't seen anything close to That since then. That was a top 10 night for me as well. We didn't catch a single fish that night.
January 29th, 2017 at 9:15 PM ^
edit: wrong thread
January 29th, 2017 at 9:21 PM ^
January 29th, 2017 at 9:49 PM ^
I crossed the Circle many times (5 or 6), but never saw the Lights. Well, the lighthouse lights of the Kola Penisula, but not the northern lights.
The best Northern Light show I ever saw was on a fishing trip in Ontario. Awesome.
January 29th, 2017 at 9:22 PM ^
+1 Timely info - love the aurora. Many pleasant evenings up north spent gazing at them.
January 29th, 2017 at 9:23 PM ^
The snow here in Romulus is crossing the paths of the LED lights around the apartments out in front of the subdivision that you sort of get the effect of light dancing in the sky, but then the snow stops occasionally and you just see the hired security for the complex lighting up by the dumpster and the effect is ruined.
January 29th, 2017 at 9:34 PM ^
LSA2000, you old softie. you know, maybe if you cut the power to your city given you job connections, maybe the northern lights would pop right up?
January 29th, 2017 at 9:31 PM ^
We rarely get them and they aren't that vivid here. I would like to take my wife to Alaska for them when the kids are gone.
January 29th, 2017 at 9:39 PM ^
you want a new moon, or what moon that will be, you want it to rise in the morning otherwise the lunar light wipes much of it out
January 29th, 2017 at 9:43 PM ^
January 29th, 2017 at 10:20 PM ^
No lights in Northville tonight. On the bright side though i'm heading to Africa this week and will see the Southern Cross and other Southern Hemisphere constellations. Can't wait.
January 29th, 2017 at 10:54 PM ^
barn chores.
January 30th, 2017 at 5:17 AM ^
had the 5 youngest out there with me and as the saying goes, 'many hands makes for light work'. it provides a lot of food for us and others. the kids get the whole work ethic thing, too.
January 30th, 2017 at 8:54 AM ^
5 youngest? How many kids do you have?
January 30th, 2017 at 9:03 AM ^
we could be blessed with more.
January 30th, 2017 at 9:56 AM ^
With those hips, she could only have 7 or 8 kids...tops.
That's another Kingpin reference.
January 29th, 2017 at 11:32 PM ^
January 30th, 2017 at 12:19 AM ^
when I spent more winterish time in the U.P.
not much any more.
January 30th, 2017 at 6:31 AM ^
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January 30th, 2017 at 9:09 AM ^
and you just need to get out everyday in the winter and stay active. no problem with SAD.
January 30th, 2017 at 10:10 AM ^
It feels strange to say that as a Canadian I have never seen the Northern Lights. Yet here you have, not once.
January 30th, 2017 at 11:17 AM ^
or maybe along lake huron/erie/ontario toward the south? like your avatar says, you are our hat.