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[Turtle]

Originally Posted by DFINITLYDISTRUBD

That's all right...Just so long as I get a heads up when it begins...every time the sun gets to goin good the northern lights are spectacular (they're always very pretty over the lake and one of the few good things about living on the great lakes especially as winter approaches.)

Northern lights are not tied to sunspots, rather to CME's (Coronal Mass Ejections). There is in fact an aurora alert tonight. Keep looking up. >>SpaceWeather.com -- News and information about meteor showers, solar flares, auroras, and near-Earth asteroids