Anyone in the UK seen the Northern Lights lately?

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  • Nick Armstrong
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    • Nov 2010
    • 26527

    Anyone in the UK seen the Northern Lights lately?

    The Aurora Borealis, better known as the Northern Lights, gives spectacular displays over parts of the UK, lighting up skies from the north of Scotland to Jersey.
    "...the isle is full of noises,
    Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
    Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
    Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

  • teamsaint
    Full Member
    • Nov 2010
    • 25204

    #2
    Originally posted by Caliban View Post
    No.

    going to need re branding though.
    I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.

    I am not a number, I am a free man.

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    • Nick Armstrong
      Host
      • Nov 2010
      • 26527

      #3
      Originally posted by teamsaint View Post
      No.

      going to need re branding though.
      They sound like Yorkshire cigarettes, you mean?
      "...the isle is full of noises,
      Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
      Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
      Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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      • ferneyhoughgeliebte
        Gone fishin'
        • Sep 2011
        • 30163

        #4
        Blackpool?
        [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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        • Radio64
          Full Member
          • Jan 2014
          • 962

          #5
          That nice lady on R4 news this morning said they had been well visible in most of the UK over the past few nights.

          Has it stopped raining then?
          "Gone Chopin, Bach in a minuet."

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          • mangerton
            Full Member
            • Nov 2010
            • 3346

            #6
            I missed it, unfortunately, which is one of the drawbacks of living where I do - I can't see much of the sky, and none of it to the north. Then there are the streetlights.

            However, these pictures were taken locally.

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            • ardcarp
              Late member
              • Nov 2010
              • 11102

              #7
              Mrs A and I saw them in Cornwall once. We phoned the local TV weatherman next day ('cos we couldn't believe out eyes) and he confirmed they had been seen. He also said the furthest south they'd ever been seem was the north coast of Spain.

              Missed them last night, alas.

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              • ardcarp
                Late member
                • Nov 2010
                • 11102

                #8
                Mrs A and I saw them in Cornwall once. We phoned the local TV weatherman next day ('cos we couldn't believe out eyes) and he confirmed they had been seen. He also said the furthest south they'd ever been seem was the north coast of Spain.

                Missed them last night, alas.

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                • ardcarp
                  Late member
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 11102

                  #9
                  seeing double, obviously....

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                  • Nick Armstrong
                    Host
                    • Nov 2010
                    • 26527

                    #10
                    Some stunning pictures from Caithness and Orkney on the TV this morning... and northern England also got a good look, with visibility in the south too, in areas with little light pollution.
                    "...the isle is full of noises,
                    Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                    Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                    Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                    • eighthobstruction
                      Full Member
                      • Nov 2010
                      • 6433

                      #11
                      Now you tell me....
                      bong ching

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                      • BBMmk2
                        Late Member
                        • Nov 2010
                        • 20908

                        #12
                        A friend took a stunning photo of the Northern Lights. Quite amazing.
                        Don’t cry for me
                        I go where music was born

                        J S Bach 1685-1750

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                        • Don Petter

                          #13
                          Originally posted by Brassbandmaestro View Post
                          A friend took a stunning photo of the Northern Lights. Quite amazing.
                          Was that in Cuckers? Nothing seen yet here to the East.

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                          • johncorrigan
                            Full Member
                            • Nov 2010
                            • 10353

                            #14
                            Me and my daughter arrived home from Alyth about 8 on Thursday evening and as we were pulling up at the house she said it looked like there was some aurora. What a treat of bright green searchlights in the North and pulsing reds and purples above us - that thing where you have to look kind of sideways to see it - one of the best displays I've seen in the years since we came here. It was all set against a beautiful clear starry sky, and not too cold - cloud came over and killed the spectacle.
                            Last edited by johncorrigan; 01-03-14, 09:31. Reason: trying to be specific

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                            • Nick Armstrong
                              Host
                              • Nov 2010
                              • 26527

                              #15
                              Originally posted by Brassbandmaestro View Post
                              A friend took a stunning photo of the Northern Lights. Quite amazing.
                              Where?




                              Originally posted by johncorrigan View Post
                              Me and my daughter arrived home from Alyth about 8 on Thursday evening and as we were pulling up at the house she said it looked like there was some aurora. What a treat of bright green searchlights in the North and pulsing reds and purples above us - that thing where you have to look kind of sideways to see it - one of the best displays I've seen in the years since we came here. It was all set against a beautiful clear starry sky, and not too cold - cloud came over and killed the spectacle.
                              Wow - lucky pair!
                              "...the isle is full of noises,
                              Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                              Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                              Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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