After a brutally cold January, winter has redeemed itself with a sublime, sunny, and clear-skied February. Temperatures have barely snuck below zero for three weeks now, and even better the aurora has been hopping. It got going early on Saturday night. I first noticed it when I was walking the dog and saw some hazy green curtains visible in the blue light of late evening. Within an hour the display had expanded to multiple, bright curtains directly overhead. It didn’t last too long, but it was great while it did. Over the next year or so, it should just be getting better. Long-term solar forecasts indicate that sun spot, flares and other solar storms are on the increase. All that means more particles shooting out of the sun toward earth, which in turn, generate the aurora. Go storms!
