Scientists finally solve mystery of weird auroralike lights in the sky


Meet the aurora borealis chasers in Alberta ‘It’s like nothing else in

The sun has an 11-year cycle and we're approaching that 11-year peak of its cycle," explained Chris Ratzlaff with Alberta Aurora Chasers, a local group that monitors the potential for an aurora.


Meet the aurora borealis chasers in Alberta ‘It’s like nothing else in

2:14 Meet the Aurora Chasers in Alberta. WATCH: Aurora chasing is a fun, safe way to socialize with friends and there's been an increase in interest especially during the pandemic as people look.


The Aurora Chasers Fairbanks Northern Lights Viewing & Aurora

Alberta Aurora Chasers. ·. Join group. WARNING: Aurora Chasing is known to cause nighttime insomnia and daytime drowsiness resulting from FOMO Syndrome (Fear Of Missing Out).


Alberta Aurora Chasers (AlbertaAurora) / Twitter

Media. Pinned Tweet. Alberta Aurora Chasers. @AlbertaAurora. ·. Jan 1. 2022 Community Review It's great at the end of the year to look back at how our community has grown. -In 2022, we hit an important milestone: our community is now 10 years old! -In the last 12 months, our community has grown by 26%, to over 174,000 members today!


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"Managing" a large community of citizen scientists can be a pretty big challenge. But, really, the Alberta Aurora Chasers community is encouraged to self-manage, and it runs like a well-oiled machine. Involvement from our community in citizen science efforts is often fairly ad-hoc, without any need for management. Our passion is the.


Aurora chasers in Canada discover new type of northern lights named

They formed a Facebook group called Alberta Aurora Chasers to share information about the best and brightest displays. A few years ago, some began to notice that Steve — a strip of light that.


Meet the aurora borealis chasers in Alberta ‘It’s like nothing else in

A strong thermal emission velocity enhancement (STEVE) captured by Alberta Aurora Chasers at Circle Lake in British Columbia on 11 May 2018. The dynamic green aurora is seen in the distant north.


Meet the aurora chaser who named an atmospheric phenomenon “Steve

For years, the Alberta Aurora Chasers—an intrepid group of sky gazers scattered across western Canada—has documented a curious ribbon of purple and green light in the night skies when photographing the Northern Lights. Extending for hundreds to thousands of kilometers and appearing for 20 minutes to an hour at a time, this mysterious.


Meet the aurora borealis chasers in Alberta ‘It’s like nothing else in

Meet the Aurora Chasers in Alberta. October 26, 2021. Aurora chasing is a fun, safe way to socialize with friends, and there's been an increase in interest, especially during the pandemic as.


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An aurora borealis spotted north of Edmonton on Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021. Courtesy: Kyle Tremblay. "Oh. My. God. Oh my God!" he said over and over while taking photos of the sky in Alcomdale, a.


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Aurora Forecast. This website provides a real-time monitor of geomagnetic activity in the Edmonton area (though larger activity can be seen Alberta-wide). Join over 100,000 people using our free email alert service to know if there may be aurora visible tonight. The current probability of witnessing an aurora tonight is: 14%.


I'm an aurora chaser how strange aerial sightings we've named Steve

Alberta Aurora Chasers captured STEVE in April in British Columbia, Canada. STEVE is the narrow ribbon of white-purple hues overhead, and the vibrant green light on the right is an aurora located.


Scientists finally solve mystery of weird auroralike lights in the sky

In early 2016 the Alberta Aurora Chasers began forming a relationship with the Aurorasaurus citizen-science project, aiding in the effort to gather real-time data about aurora sightings. When Aurorasaurus founder Liz MacDonald (NASA Goddard) came to speak with our community, she introduced us to Eric Donovan (University of Calgary, Canada)..


Meet the aurora borealis chasers in Alberta ‘It’s like nothing else in

Naming "Steve". For years, the Alberta Aurora Chasers, an intrepid group of sky gazers scattered across western Canada, have been documenting a curious ribbon of purple and green light in the night skies when out photographing the Northern Lights. Extending for hundreds to thousands of kilometers and appearing for 20 minutes to an hour at a.


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Chasing Steve is NOW AVAILABLE FOR OCULUS. For years, a group of aurora chasers across Alberta have been photographing a curious ribbon of purple and green light in their night skies. Extending for thousands of kilometres and appearing for just a few minutes to an hour at a time, these Alberta Aurora Chasers captured this celestial phenomenon.


Alberta Aurora Chasers

Donovan and members of the Alberta Aurora Chasers Facebook group chatted following a talk at the University of Calgary with a NASA scientist and aurora borealis expert.

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