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"northern lights" last night?

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Topic: "northern lights" last night?

Posted By: alabamatoy
Subject: "northern lights" last night?
Date Posted: 25 October 2011 at 3:28am

Anyone see it? Apparently there was a coronal mass ejection (CME) from the sun that hit late yesterday causing Aurora Borealis in VERY low lattitudes. Here's a pic reportedly taken near Bailyton, Al, just south of Huntsville:

http://spaceweather.com/submissions/large_image_popup.php?image_name=Jonathon-Stone-IMG_2486_1319526395.jpg - http://spaceweather.com/submissions/large_image_popup.php?image_name=Jonathon-Stone-IMG_2486_1319526395.jpg

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Posted By: stout22
Date Posted: 25 October 2011 at 5:28am

I wish I had seen it.

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Posted By: JGbronc
Date Posted: 25 October 2011 at 5:40am

I saw it last night coming up highway 79 toward Skyline.

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