When Gardeners can't garden & Anglers can't fish

I thought we were getting bored, waffling on about the Moon landing for pages:D

Just have a look at the poll from the fishing site I use.

Anglers going stir crazy:D

 

You nutter..........

 

Yes I do.

 

Hey Ziggy have you seen this?
http://www.channel4.com/news/northern-lights-visible-in-uk-due-to-solar-storms.Heard it on the weather report for our part of the country at lunch time and it says to go out between 8pm and 9pm but can't remember which part of the sky to look in but I expect if i do a twirl all round I am bound to see something or not...:D

 

Errrr ummmm...try North

Steve...

 

Hey kandy,

that link don't work so I found this one,

Northern Lights: Extraordinary display in the skies above YORKSHIRE | Mail Online

Don't think we'll see them down here, plus its total cloud cover now:(

My Dad saw them from Surrey once though.

 

have you seen this solar flare?....

SpaceWeather.com -- News and information about meteor showers, solar flares, auroras, and near-Earth asteroids

:OUCH:

 

Thanks Steve,that must have been the bit I missed:D

Ziggy,sorry about my link.:oI did a quick Google to try and find out some more info and didn't realise it wouldn't work as it worked for me when i first read it:D

Dim,thanks also for your link Me and Mr K love things like this and we also believe that man went and walked on the moon.I know this because I sat and watched it on the tv

 

Blimey,

More info and a short vid of the flare here,

SOLARHAM.com / SOLARCYCLE 24.com / Solar Cycle 24 / Spaceweather / Amateur Radio VHF Aurora Website / Sunspots / Solar Flares

 

I'm quite far north (not quite as far north as most of the people in the article though).

Might get the car out and head for darker parts in a minute. Far too much light pollution here on Teesside.

 

watch this short video ... but watch it till the end .... shows what has happened to the sun from the 21st Jan till 23 jan (speeded up)

all those particles shown towards the end of the video will be here shortly

http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/LATEST/current_c2.gif

Event Issue Date: 2012-01-23 06:26:50.0 GMT
CME Arrival Time: 2012-01-24 14:18:19.0 GMT
Arival Time Confidence Level: ± 6 hours
Disturbance Duration: 7 hours
Disturbance Duration Confidence Level: ± 8 hours
Magnetopause Standoff Distance: 4.6 Re

 

I guess that explains why I never saw anything last night (except stars) after driving for an hour to escape the clutches of Teesside's light and smog pollution.

Maybe I'll have a look tonight.

 

nothing happened out of the ordinary at 14h18 .... tried to convice my wife that doom was imment and it was time for 'panic sex' .... she just 'smirked'

 

My mates gps was suddenly telling him he was 2 villages away.

We've got a new thread for the solar storm now Dim

http://gardenerscorner.co.uk/forum/...its-way-northern-lights-visible-tomorrow.html

 

this explains lots in simple terms:

Sun goes into Red Giant Phase on 23 Dec 2012 « Pane Andov