Happy Birthday TS! Sol lit a fine candle for you last night

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[link to spaceweather.com]

SUBSIDING STORM: A strong (Kp=7) geomagnetic storm sparked by a CME impact on Sept. 30th is subsiding now. At maximum, during the early hours of Oct. 1st, Northern Lights descended as far south in the United States as Michigan, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Ohio, Montana, Minnesota, Washington, Idaho, Illinois and South Dakota. Even California experienced some auroras.

Tim Piya Trepetch caught a patch of sky turning purple over the Lassen Volcanic National Park: [link to spaceweather.com] "Purple auroras erupted right over Lassen Peak," says Trepetch.

California auroras are not as rare as some people think. The webmaster of spaceweather.com lives in California and has witnessed auroras no fewer than six times. The trick is knowing when to look.

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