HELP! I've fallen in love with the aurora and want to learn more! (a megathread)
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New Mexico Consortium #CitizenScience creating real-time aurora maps! Posts by @bubblyplasma, @SNHWx. linktr.ee/aurorasaurus, Guidelines: bit.ly/3gtYKAj
- Replying to @TweetAurora“It is truly exciting, to us as aurora scientists, that there is a group of amateurs out there who enjoy the aurora so much that they could put together something that is this new to us. That’s just unbelievably cool.” --Prof. Larry Lyons @UCLA on @StevePhenomena
- Hi, everyone! @AuroraJAnderson & @Vincent_Ledvina here! We're taking over the Aurorasaurus Twitter tonight in anticipation for the G2 storm forecasted by NOAA. We'll be sharing live updates from in the field here in Churchill, Mb once it gets dark!
- Definitely not something you see everyday, and while wildfires aren’t good new, it makes for quite the contrast. 🔥Have you ever seen anything like this? A wildfire lit up the night sky at Windy Arm on Tagish Lake in the Yukon earlier this week - paired with the spectacular aurora. Jason Gendron stayed up late to capture the two incredible forces of nature.
00:00 - While it's been observed for centuries, 5 years ago today aurora chasers & scientists published the 1st modern @STEVEPhenomena paper. We're grateful to all who helped humanity get to know it better since! What's your fave STEVE memory?science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… Pic: @Vincent_Ledvina
- Replying to @TweetAurora"Finding something you can identify as a new structure in the aurora is relatively unusual. The last major thing was poleward boundary intensification, and you can find that name used back over 20 years ago.” --Prof. Larry Lyons @UCLA on @StevePhenomena
- Check the red "view line" to see where aurora is currently visible! Whether you do or don't see it, you can make a valuable report to aurorasaurus.org. Please be patient, as the site is running under heavy load. You can also backdate reports once rested after your chase!✨
- We're here to help during this historic solar storm! Sign up for free alerts at Aurorasaurus.org. Then make reports to help others near you get cluster alerts like TX and AL last night--especially powerful! With so many reports the site may be slow, please be patient.
- Our heartfelt gratitude to all who made aurora reports for May 10-11, positive and negative both! There is still tons of science to be done, and your reports will help us learn together. If you haven't already, you can still take part by making backdated reports. Thank you!
- Who’s ready?! We are! 👀🗺🌌
- New blog post: Scientists have long studied reports of auroral sound. Aurora historian @AmeryFiona researched studies made during the First and Second International Polar Years (1882–1883 & 1932–1933), some of which involved participatory science! More: blog.aurorasaurus.org/?p=2101
- Congratulations to the @STEVEPhenomena / Aurorasaurus team for winning a 2018 @NASAGoddard team award for SCIENCE today! We share this award with the @TweetAurora & aurora enthusiast citizen science communities worldwide!
- Be alert tonight for further periods of activity as this large solar storm recedes. Most likely, it'll be much less than last night, but there are still chances for activity along the US/Canada border! Keep tabs with our Solar Wind Power graph aurorasaurus.org/storm-tracker
- IT'S HERE! A major solar storm turned up just in time for Mother's Day with auroras visible across the🌍! Clear skies in much of the US and Canada, just past new moon, mean our fingers are crossed for aurora chasers! Please make aurora reports to aurorasaurus.org. 1/3
