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That's a very weird and not very precise way to word this. Of course I would expect auroras to be regularly visible in the far northern parts of the USA and Eur
by simias 6y ago
That's a very weird and not very precise way to word this. Of course I would expect auroras to be regularly visible in the far northern parts of the USA and Europe:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Aurora_Kp_Map_North_America.gif https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Aurora_Kp_Map_North_Ameri...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Aurora_Kp_Map_Eurasia.gif https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Aurora_Kp_Map_Eurasia.gif
Now if you start seeing Auroras in Lisbon or Miami please let me know!
- iso947 6y agoAuroras were seen in Baltimore and Perth (Australia) during the Carrington event in 1859, around Lisbon’s latitude (both north and south)
- contravariant 6y agoLisbon would be worrying but Miami would be catastrophic. Portugal might be more northern than you think. It's only just south of Toronto.
- zipwitch 6y agoObligatory xkcd: https://xkcd.com/2233/ https://xkcd.com/2233/