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I'd love to go way up north where the northern lights are really amazing. Viewing them in high def on our 50" TV is pretty good too.
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Dr. Eddies Wingman
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There's a big sunspot at the moment:
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They probably used HAARP to make it.
The Northern Lights are pretty fucking amazing.
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I saw then once in Iceland, pretty mind blowing stuff.
But I had the pleasure of seeing them in Magherafelt, Northern Ireland a couple of weeks ago (check google maps for idea of lat/long).
I keep hearing of them being visible in NI over recent years but have never seen them here before. It wasn't the full on, shimmery, drippy light that they sometimes are, more a distinct green hue in a cloudy sky. Still enough for me to nearly crash the car! My mates were driving behind me and later they asked "did you see that fuckin green light in the sky, what the fuck was that?!" so I know I wasnt seeing things!
But I had the pleasure of seeing them in Magherafelt, Northern Ireland a couple of weeks ago (check google maps for idea of lat/long).
I keep hearing of them being visible in NI over recent years but have never seen them here before. It wasn't the full on, shimmery, drippy light that they sometimes are, more a distinct green hue in a cloudy sky. Still enough for me to nearly crash the car! My mates were driving behind me and later they asked "did you see that fuckin green light in the sky, what the fuck was that?!" so I know I wasnt seeing things!
Fingers are indeed crossed.
I've never seen the Northern Lights yet. They were visible in Northumberland a few times over the winter. I mean to go to Iceland at some point, though, so that would be a good opportunity.
Because there's more than one.
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The source of the light is singular when it comes to sunlight. If you refracted it into different areas with mirrors, they would become lights in proper English. Same with the Northern Lights - when you see them, you see multiple "beams" at once. It doesn't look like one singular source.
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Forostar
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I see how you see it.
I rather look at it as plural "things" caused by a phenomenon. The Norhern Light is a light display in the sky. Lights caused by the Northern Light.
"Emission of auroral light." "Light emissions". Enough singular feeling to me.
Mind you, polar Light (and even Northern Light) is accepted in English, but somehow there is also a plural stream in your language (maybe a very old one made up by people who didn't understand it yet: "Look! Lights!"). I find it interesting that it deviates from most other languages I am aware of.
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