Tsula, thank you for the explanation! Back on Oct 10th my wife and I went chasing aurora out into the desert. We saw this arc. It didn't behave the same as the northern lights. Now I know why. Dark skies!
Thanks for the explanation. I was outside shooting the stars in the White Mountains of Arizona and experienced the same thing on 10/10/24. I have several unique photos from that event with that bright red band going across the sky. I too learned about the SAR as a result! Your video is timely!
Thank you. I just saw my first aurora this year in January in Fairbanks, Alaska and then since then there have been several geomagnetic storms that brought the aurora much farther south than normal allowing me to see many more auroral displays this year but this was the first time I ever saw a SAR. It's so exciting to see these new things and learn about them. Thanks for watching and I'm glad you got to see it too.
Hi Tsula, Congratulations on capturing this rare event. You were so lucky to be in such a good place to see this. Over here the clouds returned by evening, but I managed to see some stars and Saturn between the gaps!! I’m hoping winter will finally bring me some clear nights, and when it does I plan to stay up ALL night to enjoy them!!! As ever, spectacular filming and thanks for sharing. Dark AND Clear skies forever! 🤗✨🌙
Hi Lynn: Thanks! Oh my goodness. The clouds are your nemesis. I do hope it clears up for you soon so you can enjoy an entire evening of wonderful star gazing.
Pretty sure I saw this too. I knew there was Aurora about but I couldn't get my head around why it was in the east and why it didn't shimmer at all. Thanks Tsula, you are a legend.
Thanks. There was a lot going on in October. It was hard to fit it all in. But I am even thinking about making a whole 2024 Astronomy Year in Review at the end of the year.
Like you, I was unaware of the ring current - just one of the little things of which most people are blissfully ignorant but which nonetheless enable life on earth. ("There are more things in heaven and earth..." 🙂) I'm reminded of what Michael Faraday said during his famous lecture on a candle - that carbon dioxide's unique properties, namely its gaseous nature and intense solubility in water, both of which make it a "perfect" waste product easily removed from the organism, are proof of a divine creator. And I remember hearing something similar about water's nearly unique ability to become lighter as it freezes - otherwise, it would sink as it froze, thereby destroying the marine life which in reality escapes it by seeking refuge at lower depths. I was interested to learn that the ring current consists not only of protons but also alpha particles, otherwise known as helium nuclei, which, composed as they are of two protons, are likewise positively charged. (They're also known as alpha radiation, and they emit in a common appliance which every household should possess.) Helium is, after all, a notable waste product of the sun. 🙂 One little quibble - it's my limited understanding of the ring current that it circles the earth at the equator. So your image at 4:00 is apparently misleading - it seems to show the current encircling the earth along a random longitude rather than the equatorial latitude. PS: As for SARs, which appear to be the astronomical equivalent of Voltaire's "Holy Roman Empire" - and which, yes, should've been named SARAs given their apparent relationship with STEVEs - there's a fine fish-eye picture of one encircling an aurora on NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD), an excellent resource for any amateur astronomer. According to the APOD astronomers, the mechanism of SARs and STEVEs isn't fully understood, which may explain why I found the online articles about them somewhat confusing and insufficient.
Hi Walter: I knew the representation of the ring current was not technically correct because it should have gone around the equator but I couldn't find an uncopyrighted image of a ring current to use; so I had to make my own in Photoshop. I don't know how to make the ring go around the equator. Every little thing like that that I have to look up and learn how to make in Adobe takes time and it was easier just to make the ring all around the earth. I didn't see the APOD picture you mentioned but Alan Dyer has some beautiful photos of aurorae and SARAs on his website amazingsky dot com. I was surprised to read what you said about Michael Faraday. So, I was prompted to read more about him. I didn't know that he was an autodidact. What a genius though.
@@tsulasbigadventures I saw an episode of "The Antique Roadshow" in which someone produced a strange machine rescued from the dumpster of a London university, where it had been thoughtlessly discarded - one of Faraday's original electromagnetic generators!
@@tsulasbigadventures By the way, the household appliance to which I referred is a smoke detector - it works thanks to a small amount of a radioactive element which isn't dangerous unless you swallow it. The alpha particles themselves don't travel far in air.
Tsula, thank you for the explanation! Back on Oct 10th my wife and I went chasing aurora out into the desert. We saw this arc. It didn't behave the same as the northern lights. Now I know why. Dark skies!
Thank you! It's such a strange thing to see. Dark skies back at you.
Thanks for the explanation. I was outside shooting the stars in the White Mountains of Arizona and experienced the same thing on 10/10/24. I have several unique photos from that event with that bright red band going across the sky. I too learned about the SAR as a result! Your video is timely!
Thank you. I just saw my first aurora this year in January in Fairbanks, Alaska and then since then there have been several geomagnetic storms that brought the aurora much farther south than normal allowing me to see many more auroral displays this year but this was the first time I ever saw a SAR. It's so exciting to see these new things and learn about them. Thanks for watching and I'm glad you got to see it too.
Hi Tsula, Congratulations on capturing this rare event. You were so lucky to be in such a good place to see this. Over here the clouds returned by evening, but I managed to see some stars and Saturn between the gaps!! I’m hoping winter will finally bring me some clear nights, and when it does I plan to stay up ALL night to enjoy them!!! As ever,
spectacular filming and thanks for sharing. Dark AND Clear skies forever!
🤗✨🌙
Hi Lynn: Thanks! Oh my goodness. The clouds are your nemesis. I do hope it clears up for you soon so you can enjoy an entire evening of wonderful star gazing.
Thank you for sharing such unusual phenomenon
I enjoyed it Tsula, thank you for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks, Ron.
Tsula! I have my C8 on my M2C! Saw your mount in a previous video, its really good!
That's a nice set up you have. That is a solid mount-- very well made.
Thanks for sharing your experience and knowledge on what you found out
Thank you. I've seen so many wonderful astronomical phenomena this year.
Pretty sure I saw this too. I knew there was Aurora about but I couldn't get my head around why it was in the east and why it didn't shimmer at all. Thanks Tsula, you are a legend.
Aw. Thank you so much!
Gorgeous! I caught that too. I'm currently working on a Timelapse Project covering the entire month of October, from the Third until the end.
Thanks. There was a lot going on in October. It was hard to fit it all in. But I am even thinking about making a whole 2024 Astronomy Year in Review at the end of the year.
@@tsulasbigadventures Great Idea. I just picked up the Camera for the first time in about 4 years. I'll keep an eye out for it.
This is exactly what I saw in the UK; I thought it was STEVE but I was mistaken. Very informative as ever
Thanks, wondered what that was!
i too never heard of a ring current thanks for sharing
Amazing content! Thank you!!!!
Thank you for your nice comment and thanks for watching.
Awsome! will keep an eye out for this :p
Thanks. I don't think they occur very often but you never know!
thanks Tsula, news to me too but i will keep my eyes pealed....peace
Thank you. Peace.
I saw the auora for the first time a few weeks ago, i also got some good pictures
Congratulations. It's very exciting to see your first aurora and for me I always want to see more.
Superb sighting and time lapse..just need STEVE to add to the list
Thank you. I got the STEVE too in the time lapse from August 27 when there was another geomagnetic storm.
I saw a red satelite. Do you have any idea what that was? Never seen but one and I saw it Friday Night.
Usually if you see a fast moving object that is red it's a plane. Satellites are not red to my knowledge.
Like you, I was unaware of the ring current - just one of the little things of which most people are blissfully ignorant but which nonetheless enable life on earth. ("There are more things in heaven and earth..." 🙂) I'm reminded of what Michael Faraday said during his famous lecture on a candle - that carbon dioxide's unique properties, namely its gaseous nature and intense solubility in water, both of which make it a "perfect" waste product easily removed from the organism, are proof of a divine creator. And I remember hearing something similar about water's nearly unique ability to become lighter as it freezes - otherwise, it would sink as it froze, thereby destroying the marine life which in reality escapes it by seeking refuge at lower depths.
I was interested to learn that the ring current consists not only of protons but also alpha particles, otherwise known as helium nuclei, which, composed as they are of two protons, are likewise positively charged. (They're also known as alpha radiation, and they emit in a common appliance which every household should possess.) Helium is, after all, a notable waste product of the sun. 🙂
One little quibble - it's my limited understanding of the ring current that it circles the earth at the equator. So your image at 4:00 is apparently misleading - it seems to show the current encircling the earth along a random longitude rather than the equatorial latitude.
PS: As for SARs, which appear to be the astronomical equivalent of Voltaire's "Holy Roman Empire" - and which, yes, should've been named SARAs given their apparent relationship with STEVEs - there's a fine fish-eye picture of one encircling an aurora on NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD), an excellent resource for any amateur astronomer. According to the APOD astronomers, the mechanism of SARs and STEVEs isn't fully understood, which may explain why I found the online articles about them somewhat confusing and insufficient.
Hi Walter: I knew the representation of the ring current was not technically correct because it should have gone around the equator but I couldn't find an uncopyrighted image of a ring current to use; so I had to make my own in Photoshop. I don't know how to make the ring go around the equator. Every little thing like that that I have to look up and learn how to make in Adobe takes time and it was easier just to make the ring all around the earth. I didn't see the APOD picture you mentioned but Alan Dyer has some beautiful photos of aurorae and SARAs on his website amazingsky dot com.
I was surprised to read what you said about Michael Faraday. So, I was prompted to read more about him. I didn't know that he was an autodidact. What a genius though.
@@tsulasbigadventures I saw an episode of "The Antique Roadshow" in which someone produced a strange machine rescued from the dumpster of a London university, where it had been thoughtlessly discarded - one of Faraday's original electromagnetic generators!
@@tsulasbigadventures By the way, the household appliance to which I referred is a smoke detector - it works thanks to a small amount of a radioactive element which isn't dangerous unless you swallow it. The alpha particles themselves don't travel far in air.
@@waltergold3457 Oh. I thought you were talking about a microwave. I have never heard this before. i need to look into it.
@@waltergold3457 Oh wow. Can you imagine stumbling across that?
Wasn't that red arc a Steve ?
No. STEVEs are white or purple and make a skinny line and don't last very long. A SAR is always red and can last for hours.