City lights and cloudiness have prevented me from seeing the recent auroral outbursts which have occurred in conjunction with the very active sunspot region which has been moving across the face of the sun these past couple of weeks. Three more CMEs were observed today, but they were not pointed directly at Earth. However, because the ejected material spreads outward in a sphere from the point of ejection, the Earth will catch some of it, and more middle latitude aurorae are expected in the next couple of days. Go to
www.spaceweather.com to keep track of things.
I've seen aurorae several times in the past from right here in KC. it is a truly amazing thing, infrequent though it may be. Most of them have been just whitish rays of shifting light projecting up from the horizon, but I have seen some really cool red and orange patches come and go as well.