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neufer wrote:

Chris Peterson wrote:

BDanielMayfield wrote:
I'd say that you've got to be kidding Chris but I don't recall that you ever have.
I live a little north of Corpus Christi at about 28 deg. 1 min. N.

During the last solar max, between 2001 and 2004, we had some spectacular auroras in Colorado, and they were seen well down into the northern states of Mexico (indeed, in a few cases, in the tropics). Powerful auroras certainly are observed occasionally at your latitude
(a few times a century, anyway).

• So you should definitely get outside at night more often...maybe go see a show.

http://www.auroraartstheatre.com/about-us.html wrote:

[color=#0000FF]The Aurora Arts Theatre is named after Aurora 'Loli' Chapa Taylor, a South Texas native who had a deep love of the Arts.[/color]

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<<The Aurora Arts Theatre is a non-profit community theatre located on the southside of Corpus Christi, Texas. The goal and mission of the Aurora Arts Theatre is to provide live theatre entertainment for the community and patrons alike. We maintain a professional environment and hope to be a new staple in the growing circle of arts in the Corpus Christi area. Aurora Arts Theatre will bring a variety of works to the stage and in addition will encourage and promote work such as the Hispanic Arts and other local artists. With the talents and efforts of our community, the Aurora Arts Theatre will bring a variety of quality theatre to be explored and experienced by our growing community. It is our belief that the community will be enriched by the array of talent and theatre they will experience at the Aurora. Providing theatrical opportunities for people of all ages will enhance the theatre and attract new audiences. It is our hope that patrons will experience live theatre and find it an enriching form of entertainment and expression. The Aurora has a commitment to provide the community with a theatrical venue where the elements of theatre can be enjoyed, practiced, learned, and shared. It is our hope that all who enter our quaint theatre as a patron, guest, or volunteer will have a fun experience that will enrich their lives for years to come. You are sure to get a solid and fullfilling theatre experience in our quaint 100 seat house, as you enjoy a full consession of soda, beer and wine, as well as other edible goodies.>>

Chris Peterson wrote:

BDanielMayfield wrote:
I'd say that you've got to be kidding Chris but I don't recall that you ever have.
I live a little north of Corpus Christi at about 28 deg. 1 min. N.

During the last solar max, between 2001 and 2004, we had some spectacular auroras in Colorado, and they were seen well down into the northern states of Mexico (indeed, in a few cases, in the tropics). Powerful auroras certainly are observed occasionally at your latitude
(a few times a century, anyway).

• So you should definitely get outside at night more often...maybe go see a show.

http://www.auroraartstheatre.com/about-us.html wrote:

[color=#0000FF]The Aurora Arts Theatre is named after Aurora 'Loli' Chapa Taylor, a South Texas native who had a deep love of the Arts.[/color]

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<<The Aurora Arts Theatre is a non-profit community theatre located on the southside of Corpus Christi, Texas. The goal and mission of the Aurora Arts Theatre is to provide live theatre entertainment for the community and patrons alike. We maintain a professional environment and hope to be a new staple in the growing circle of arts in the Corpus Christi area. Aurora Arts Theatre will bring a variety of works to the stage and in addition will encourage and promote work such as the Hispanic Arts and other local artists. With the talents and efforts of our community, the Aurora Arts Theatre will bring a variety of quality theatre to be explored and experienced by our growing community. It is our belief that the community will be enriched by the array of talent and theatre they will experience at the Aurora. Providing theatrical opportunities for people of all ages will enhance the theatre and attract new audiences. It is our hope that patrons will experience live theatre and find it an enriching form of entertainment and expression. The Aurora has a commitment to provide the community with a theatrical venue where the elements of theatre can be enjoyed, practiced, learned, and shared. It is our hope that all who enter our quaint theatre as a patron, guest, or volunteer will have a fun experience that will enrich their lives for years to come. You are sure to get a solid and fullfilling theatre experience in our quaint 100 seat house, as you enjoy a full consession of soda, beer and wine, as well as other edible goodies.>>

Ann wrote:

K1NS wrote:One other thing makes this image "of particular note." There are no trees.

When Europeans first arrived in Iceland, I believe in the 12th century, the land was about 50% forested. They cleared the land for agriculture and grazing, and today Iceland is nearly treeless. This is another sad example of humans abusing their home planet, but I guess it makes it easier to see the stars, yeah?

I have been to Iceland only once, when I spent four hours there on my way to New York. We did get to some of the landscape near the Keflavik Airport. The ground looked like boiling lava which had coalesced before it had time to cool. Large, broken bubble-like basalt structures with razor-sharp edges were seen everywhere. I could hardly believe my eyes.

Ann

BDanielMayfield wrote:I'd say that you've got to be kidding Chris but I don't recall that you ever have. I live a little north of Corpus Christi at about 28 deg. 1 min. N.

Chris Peterson wrote:

BDanielMayfield wrote:I have zero chance of seeing aurora at my latitude.

It's happened, and fairly recently. You have a small, but certainly non-zero chance to see an aurora from the south of Texas. You probably even have a fair chance of imaging a photographic aurora like this one from your location.

Chris Peterson wrote:

BDanielMayfield wrote:
I have zero chance of seeing aurora at my latitude.

It's happened, and fairly recently. You have a small, but certainly non-zero chance to see an aurora from the south of Texas. You probably even have a fair chance of imaging a photographic aurora like this one from your location.

• However, Bruce has a zero chance of seeing aurora with that attitude.

http://sciencefocus.com/qa/what%E2%80%99s-furthest-south-northern-lights-have-been-seen wrote:

Click to play embedded YouTube video.

<<Produced by fast-moving particles from the Sun smashing into molecules in the upper atmosphere, the Aurora Borealis is normally thought of as something visible only above the Arctic Circle. Yet at times of high solar activity, they can be seen much further south: during the great solar storm of August and September 1859, the colours typical of aurorae were seen in Honolulu, just 21° north of the equator.

Historians have uncovered evidence suggesting that the southern hemisphere counterpart of the Northern Lights, the Aurora Australis, may have been witnessed even closer to the equator, with reports of the phenomenon being seen from Samoa in 1921, at a latitude of 13° south, and a disputed report from Singapore at just 8° south during the storm of 25 September 1909.>> - Tony McCrossan, Dublin

K1NS wrote:One other thing makes this image "of particular note." There are no trees.

When Europeans first arrived in Iceland, I believe in the 12th century, the land was about 50% forested. They cleared the land for agriculture and grazing, and today Iceland is nearly treeless. This is another sad example of humans abusing their home planet, but I guess it makes it easier to see the stars, yeah?

BDanielMayfield wrote:I have zero chance of seeing aurora at my latitude.

jambo wrote:
(What makes this image of particular note...)

K1NS wrote:
One other thing makes this image "of particular note." There are no trees.

When Europeans first arrived in Iceland, I believe in the 12th century, the land was about 50% forested. They cleared the land for agriculture and grazing, and today Iceland is nearly treeless. This is another sad example of humans abusing their home planet, but I guess it makes it easier to see the stars, yeah?

• And it makes it easier to see the forest:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceland wrote:

[b][color=#0000FF][size=125]Iceland's OMX stock exchange from 1998 to 2009[/size][/color][/b]

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<<When [Iceland] was first settled, it was extensively forested. In the late 12th-century Íslendingabók, Ari the Wise (Ari hinn fróði) described it as "forested from mountain to sea shore". Permanent human settlement greatly disturbed the isolated ecosystem of thin, volcanic soils and limited species diversity. The forests were heavily exploited over the centuries for firewood and timber. Deforestation, climatic deterioration during the Little Ice Age and overgrazing by sheep caused a loss of critical topsoil due to erosion. Today, many farms have been abandoned and three-quarters of Iceland's hundred thousand square kilometres are affected by soil erosion, 18,000 km² so seriously as to be useless. Only a few small birch stands now exist in isolated reserves.
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In the years 2003–2007, following the privatization of the banking sector, Iceland moved from being a nation best known for its fishing industry toward having an economy based on financial services and investment banking. It was quickly becoming one of the most prosperous countries in the world before getting hit hard by a major financial crisis. Relative to the size of its economy, Iceland’s systemic banking collapse is the largest suffered by any country in economic history. The crisis resulted in the greatest migration from Iceland since 1887, with a net emigration of 5,000 people in 2009. Iceland's economy stabilized under the government of Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, and grew by 1.6% in 2012, but many Icelanders remained unhappy with the state of the economy and government austerity policies.>>

Boomer12k wrote:Wow....Awesome...

Wolf....if you go to the big picture you should see that the stars are not all that focused but have a small streak to them...because of the 25 second exposure...

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