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Curt Rice (rice@isl.uit.no) wrote:

: In article <3ehvm2$sp6@gagme.wwa.com>, jittlov@erehwon.caltech.edu (Mike
: Jittlov) wrote:


: [much deleted]
: > Crosspost/imported from:
: >
: > rec.arts.ascii (moderated) #3503 (6 + 19 more)
: > From: rice@rs4.tcs.tulane.edu (Dave Rice)
: > [1] Line: Aurora borealis/Northern Lights
: > Date: Fri Dec 30 20:21:39 PST 1994
: > Organization: Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
: > > A few comments on aurora and on the figure:
: >
: > Aurora borealis and its southern counterpart, aurora australis, are phenomena
: > that occur only in the high latitudes, about 65 degrees North or South.

: This interesting report is reinforced with a great display on the topic
: currently at Tromsoe Museum.  A couple of comments/questions:

: I live in Tromsoe during the school year and northern Minnesota during the
: summers.  We routinely see northern lights both places.  No surprise in
: Tromsoe, of course, but Minnesota doesn't fulfill either the latitude or
: season requirements.

I agree--the whole article seemed to be well-informed, but I disagree
with the 65 degrees requirement.  I'm only around 48-49 and they aren't
too uncommon (not like every week, but maybe a few times every couple
months?)



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