[Geysers] Auroras in YNP tonight or tomorrow?

[caros at xmission.com]

Remarkably beautiful images. The "best of 2010" video is an  
astonishing blend of art and science. Who says the two don't mix?

I know we've been able to see flare-induced auroras in the Salt Lake  
area if you can get away from light pollution (so when the info refers  
to "higher latitudes," I guess that can include us), so I'd think  
chances might be better in Yellowstone. We're just having a little  
problem with cloud cover here...
Karen Webb

Quoting "Freund, Udo" <udo.freund at lmco.com>:

> NASA announced this afternoon that a solar eruption involved an M2   
> (medium-sized) solar flare, an S1-class (minor) radiation storm, and  
>  a spectacular coronal mass ejection (CME) from sunspot complex   
> 1226-1227. After ballooning high above the Sun, the large cloud of   
> matter rained back down onto an area covering almost half the solar   
> disk.  There is a video @ URL   
> http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/home/123377553.html
>
> The CME should deliver a glancing blow to Earth's magnetic field   
> during the late hours of June 8th or 9th. High-latitude skywatchers   
> should be alert for auroras when the CME arrives.
>
> Will auroras be visible from Yellowstone?  Let us know, please, if   
> you see them.
>
> Thanks,
> Udo Freund
> "Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just   
> sit there."
> --Will Rogers
>
>



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