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    Northern Lights viewing in the UK

    Posted by phildo 4 January 2010

    Where's the best place to see the the aurora borealis? During your next camping holiday in the UK. Never mind a trip to Scandinavia, Canada or Alaska, there are rare occasions when the Northern Lights can be seen in the night sky here. No need to look out of the tent every night though, just subscribe to the free Aurora Alert email service run by researchers at Lancaster University. They will automatically send you an email when geomagnetic activity indicates that there may be chance of seeing the lights in the UK. If it's dark enough, with clear skies and you are far enough away from street lighting look for red and green lights in the northern skies.

    www.dcs.lancs.ac.uk/iono/aurorawatch/cgi-bin/subscribe

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    Ah, I forgot to say ... if you have no way to receive emails in your tent (the old no wifi on the campsite problem!) your mobile phone operator may have a service for forwarding email messages as a text to your mobile.
    Posted by phildo  5 January 2010