Muse2NOPharaoh said:

You know, you can see both here in Minnesota.

emm said:

I"ve seen it a hadnful of times. The first was, of course, the most amazing. I was about 14 and we were drving home from a movie late at night. We pulled over to the side of the road to get out and just stare for a while. The entire sky was lit up with blues and greens (and I think even some pink/red). It really was breath-taking.

CarrieMpls said:

I guess its not as unusual as i think it. I has no idea it can be seen in California. I have spent a fair amount of time in Washington State and I have never seen it there. Anx is probably like because you can see from Chicago every night.

Stax said:

No, I think it IS still pretty rare. I've only seen it maybe 3 or 4 times and I've lived here my whole life. And I doubt you could see it from any sizable city with all the light pollution. The times I've seen it have been either far out in the suburbs (which aren't as bad) or even rural areas on road trips and such.

CarrieMpls said:

Yes, that makes sense. I want to see it.

i saw something like an aurora borealis, but it was in college and i'm pretty sure it wasn't an act of nature, since i don't think the northern lights would pulsate in time with a deee-lite album.

Anx said:

MoonSongs said:

Muse2NOPharaoh said:

Come hang out in my backyard any night in July.

MoonSongs said:

a new word added to my vocabulary.

and hey, if i love it the first time, you'll just have to come along next time! and drag that renner boy along with ya!

Björk must have done wonders to tourism in Iceland.

Remember to take the local "björk-ride" once you get there. It's an arranged trip through the glaciers on a sledge pulled by gnomish-looking icelandic women.

novabrkr said:

MMMMMkayyyyy.

Stax said:

it's not exactly rare... the difference is between catching a little flash here and there or witnessing a brilliant light show across the sky i am always amazed at what i miss in the night sky even in my small city of 200,000. everytime i go home to the farm i have to go stand outside and marvel at the stars or the northern lights.

apparently there is a whole japanese tourism thing in the north... if you conceive a baby under the northern lights it is supposed to be good luck or something

Anx said:

HELL YES! I don't know if I'm working on that particular Saturday but at the very least I can show you which places to go to downtown and of course I'm up for some drinkin' on Saturday (or Friday) evening... I don't know of any big events currently scheduled for that weekend but there's always something interesting to look out for. I'd recommend checking out the Reykjavik Grapevine...
the link above features the latest issue in PDF format... on pages 10 and 11 you can see the listings for events in February and early March, just to give you a taste of what to expect.

OMG! you get to go where the government protects the gnomes and fairies, for real. I watched a documentary on it. FACINATING! Are you going to make it a part of you excusion to try and see some? too cool.

Ribbed4UrPleasure said:

i saw that documentary too! in fact, i have it on DVD...a friend recorded it and sent it to me. crazy stuff. maybe i'll bring a few wood nymphs back.

CarrieMpls said:

Saw it once here, within the last couple of years. It was awesome.

Anx said:

Awwwww.

It's so cuttttte!

I don't know what else to say though.

Iceland?

Stax said:

Very high up, probably above timberline in the Sierra Nevada mountains. I had seen it several times as a kid backpacking in Canada, and was like, "Hey, that's aurora!" My friend couldn't believe it and we debated it for a long time . After the trip she went to the library and did research on it, and found photos that looked exactly like what we saw.

heartbeatocean said:

I need to see it! Here are some photos of California sightings: http://borealis2000.com/J...urora.html


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emm said:

So, is it a summer thing, because i'm not getting nekked in the snow.

Stax said:

Wow. The ones we saw were most like the picture on the right, the 4:05am one. But they were like strips stretched across the whole canopy of the sky, not coming out of the horizon. And they seemed so close, right in front of our face, we were so high up.

Stax said:

I've only seen them in August, both in California and Canada.

Stax said:

stax nekkid


it'll be whatever time of year you want it babe

Anx said:

Stax said:

Spring and fall. Near the equinoxs appears to be the best time.

CarrieMpls said:

And the spring equinox is coming up, you know.

Just sayin'.

CarrieMpls said:

Anx said:

since this thread is going to hell anyway, i just want to say that i'm seriously considering changing my avatar to the above picture.

oh, and i bought suitcases for the trip today.

SureThing said:

ICELAND!