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Aurora Borealis

WindSock · 2008-10-02 12:40:05

..in my kitchen! :) Apparantly there is going to be a fabulous show of the Northern Lights next year, as it happens greatly every 4 (or 8?) years. I have heard it's impossible to measure when exactly but do you think it might hold some truth?

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..in my kitchen!

Apparantly there is going to be a fabulous show of the Northern Lights next year, as it happens greatly every 4 (or 8?) years. I have heard it's impossible to measure when exactly but do you think it might hold some truth?

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#2 05-10-2008 8:07pm

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My brother was inside the Arctic Circle this year in Norway and he saw a tremendos Northern Lights showing. Which source did you read that said there would be a "fabulous" showing next year?

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Word of mouth. Heard it from a guy who goes to Norway a lot. Just wondering if anyone else heard it.

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#4 10-10-2008 10:46am

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Don't know about next year, but there's expected to be a record 50 year high in sunspot activity when the next cycle reaches it's peak in 2010-2011, so that'll impact on aurora activity quite significantly. There was a minimum back in early 2006.

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