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Index of Subjects --001a11c34e8420a0240502e874f5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Great look at the whole arc of light with vertical rays, from the road along the North Mountain above Hall's Harbor. I took some pictures, and the 25sec. time exposure brought out the colors nicely - see here - http://richard-s.smugmug.com/Category/Skies/i-W79Vh9T and the next one. The lights are Port Greville across the Bay of Fundy. At the same time a pack of Coyotes started howling in the distance, and there were no other lights or sounds - a great experience! Richard On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 10:15 PM, Patrick Kelly <Patrick.Kelly@dal.ca> wrote: > I had a good view around 9:00 to 9:30 from the cemetery behind my house in > Falmouth. It never got more than about 30 degrees above the horizon. There > were a few rays and while it was mostly whitish with a hint of green, I did > see a few areas of red. > > Pat > > Sent from my iPad > > > On Sep 12, 2014, at 9:50 PM, "Rick Whitman" < > dendroica.caerulescens@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > WOW !!! We live on the South Mtn and have a great view of the N > > horizon. It has been absolutely wonderful for the past ten minutes. > > Truly classic. Diffuse light but also quasi-searchlight aspects. Go > > look if you have any decent location. > > > > Rick Whitman > > > >> On 9/12/14, Blake Maybank <bmaybank@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Several web sites are predicting a possible showing of the Northern > Lights > >> as far south as Nova Scotia. There has been some major solar flare > >> acticity of late. > >> > >> http://www.softservenews.com/Aurora.htm > >> > >> I have yet to see the Aurora in Nova Scotia, so since the night is > clear I > >> am heading out to see if the Aurora appears. > >> > >> Look north, and low on the horizon. > >> > >> Good luck, > >> > >> Blake > >> > >> -- > >> Blake Maybank <bmaybank@gmail.com> > >> White's Lake, Nova Scotia > >> > >> My Blog: *CSI: Life* <http://blakemaybank.com> > >> > >> Organiser, *Maritimes Nature Travel Club* < > http://tinyurl.com/naturetravel> > >> <http://tinyurl.com/naturetravel> > >> Author, "*Birding Sites of Nova Scotia* <http://tinyurl.com/birdingns> > >> > >> > >> > >> <maybank@ns.sympatico.ca> > >> > -- ################# Richard Stern, Port Williams, NS, Canada sternrichard@gmail.com ################### --001a11c34e8420a0240502e874f5 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">Great look at the whole arc of light with vertical rays, f= rom the road along the North Mountain above Hall's Harbor. I took some = pictures, and the 25sec. time exposure brought out the colors nicely - see = here -=C2=A0<a href=3D"http://richard-s.smugmug.com/Category/Skies/i-W79Vh9= T">http://richard-s.smugmug.com/Category/Skies/i-W79Vh9T</a> and the next o= ne. The lights are Port Greville across the Bay of Fundy. At the same time = a pack of Coyotes started howling in the distance, and there were no other = lights or sounds - a great experience!<div><br></div><div>Richard</div><div= class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 = at 10:15 PM, Patrick Kelly <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:Patrick.= Kelly@dal.ca" target=3D"_blank">Patrick.Kelly@dal.ca</a>></span> wrote:<= br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left= :1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I had a good view around 9:00 to 9:30 fro= m the cemetery behind my house in Falmouth. It never got more than about 30= degrees above the horizon. There were a few rays and while it was mostly w= hitish with a hint of green, I did see a few areas of red.<br> <br> Pat<br> <br> Sent from my iPad<br> <div class=3D"HOEnZb"><div class=3D"h5"><br> > On Sep 12, 2014, at 9:50 PM, "Rick Whitman" <<a href=3D"m= ailto:dendroica.caerulescens@gmail.com">dendroica.caerulescens@gmail.com</a= >> wrote:<br> ><br> > WOW !!! We live on the South Mtn and have a great view of the N<br> > horizon. It has been absolutely wonderful for the past ten minutes.<br= > > Truly classic. Diffuse light but also quasi-searchlight aspects. Go<br= > > look if you have any decent location.<br> ><br> > Rick Whitman<br> ><br> >> On 9/12/14, Blake Maybank <<a href=3D"mailto:bmaybank@gmail.com= ">bmaybank@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br> >> Several web sites are predicting a possible showing of the Norther= n Lights<br> >> as far south as Nova Scotia.=C2=A0 There has been some major solar= flare<br> >> acticity of late.<br> >><br> >> <a href=3D"http://www.softservenews.com/Aurora.htm" target=3D"_bla= nk">http://www.softservenews.com/Aurora.htm</a><br> >><br> >> I have yet to see the Aurora in Nova Scotia, so since the night is= clear I<br> >> am heading out to see if the Aurora appears.<br> >><br> >> Look north, and low on the horizon.<br> >><br> >> Good luck,<br> >><br> >> Blake<br> >><br> >> --<br> >> Blake Maybank <<a href=3D"mailto:bmaybank@gmail.com">bmaybank@g= mail.com</a>><br> >> White's Lake, Nova Scotia<br> >><br> >> My Blog:=C2=A0 *CSI: Life* <<a href=3D"http://blakemaybank.com"= target=3D"_blank">http://blakemaybank.com</a>><br> >><br> >> Organiser, *Maritimes Nature Travel Club* <<a href=3D"http://ti= nyurl.com/naturetravel" target=3D"_blank">http://tinyurl.com/naturetravel</= a>><br> >> <<a href=3D"http://tinyurl.com/naturetravel" target=3D"_blank">= http://tinyurl.com/naturetravel</a>><br> >> Author, "*Birding Sites of Nova Scotia* <<a href=3D"http:/= /tinyurl.com/birdingns" target=3D"_blank">http://tinyurl.com/birdingns</a>&= gt;<br> >><br&g