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I live in Winnipeg, way south of Finland, and I've seen spectacular northern lights not far from here.
by hydrok9 3y ago
I live in Winnipeg, way south of Finland, and I've seen spectacular northern lights not far from here.
- mcv 3y agoReally? Isn't Winnipeg only 50 degrees north? That's south of Amsterdam, and we can absolutely never see northern lights here. It's something for which you need to go to northern Scandinavia.
- hydrok9 3y agoYup. It also gets down to -40 in the winter.
- mcv 3y agoI'm less surprised about that. Land climate and no warm gulf stream makes for a totally different climate. But I didn't expect the northern lights to be ruled by temperature.
- patall 3y agoI think it is more ruled by the earth magnetic field. And as the magnetic pole is closer to north america, you have them further (geographically) south there.
- mcv 3y agoThat's a lot more likely. Magnetic North is 80 degrees north rather than 90, and in Canada, so if you can see the northern lights at 50 degrees there, that would be comparable to 60 or 70 degrees elsewhere.
- hydrok9 3y agoPatall is right, I was just pointing out another surprising winter-related fact. But it's not surprising if you understand weather systems.