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Post by markt on Jul 20, 2008 8:28:58 GMT
Folk are seeing NLC at progressively lower and lower latitudes. Last week it was 40deg north in Turkey, now 38deg north in Iran. This latest sighting is from nearly 16000 feet from an extinct volcano - not that this detracts from the achievement or the quality of images though  Check it out at www.spaceweather.com |
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Post by tmcewan on Jul 20, 2008 11:13:02 GMT
Yes, it's another very low latitude sighting from, approximately, the same latitude (38.30') as last year's report from Portugal, though from a much higher elevation. Unfortunately, spaceweather.com don't specify if it was a morning or evening sighting so at the moment we can't even be sure of the date. Hopefully more information on this will become available.
Tom
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Post by Oscar van der Velde on Jul 23, 2008 13:31:45 GMT
Here in Spain 41.7° I'm still hoping for such a beautiful display. Since my last observation (13-14 July) nothing on many nights, but then, I missed 2-3 early morning clear-sky NLC-watches (slept through the alarm!) and some hills cover the lowest 10° to my northeast. It will be painful to hear of NLC close to here on nights I missed.
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Post by tmcewan on Aug 27, 2008 0:02:22 GMT
Hi all,
Quick update on this report. The observer has been in touch and confirms the date as July 19-20, photographs taken at 17:30 UT.
Tom
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Post by tmcewan on Sept 19, 2008 18:19:17 GMT
News has arrived suggesting that the NLC report and photograph from Iran is fake. When I have more information I'll post it here.
Tom
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Post by markt on Sept 28, 2008 12:52:14 GMT
News has arrived suggesting that the NLC report and photograph from Iran is fake. When I have more information I'll post it here. Tom  Intruiging Tom! Keep us updated  |
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Post by olaf3sky on Oct 21, 2008 19:35:47 GMT
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Post by André on Oct 22, 2008 17:34:41 GMT
That is really really sad.
Why is someone doing this? Just for this tiny moment of publicity? Unfortunately this is not the only occasion where there was lieing in science ... you always have to be carefull.
Now you even need to be carefull when seeing NLCs on images from strangers and you have to ask if this is real.
:-(
André
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Post by markt on Oct 22, 2008 18:09:14 GMT
It is a sorry state of affairs  Shame when people feel the need to lie, we're trying to contribute to proper research of the phenomenon and there's clowns like this making stuff up just to get frontpage on spaceweather  P.S. Hope everybody is well btw, the forum is significantly quieter out of season, it is good to see people are still checking back! |
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Post by tmcewan on Oct 22, 2008 23:10:17 GMT
This 'report' never felt right. The good news is that the fake was spotted and here's hoping it wont recur. Nice image manipulation though!
Tom
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