Jessý Potato
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Jessý Potato
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The Girl with the Star Wars Tattoo. Recovering geoscientist. 56 countries. I have opinions & adventures. Reykjavík. KC born; SG bred.
sorry, Hawai'i 😭
November 14, 2025 at 12:46 AM
I didn't see it as an insult! But I was introducing myself in case the link was for me specifically. Hi 👋🏼

Thanks for sharing the link for others.
November 14, 2025 at 12:44 AM
I have a degree in astrophysics and am a private northern lights guide, so I am familiar with the reasonings ;)
November 13, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Also if the magnetospere was failing, we would be getting *less* aurora.
November 13, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Signs the sun is in normal solar maximum during this solar cycle
November 13, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I think they probably just used the first photo they could find online whose owner got back to them the quickest. Nevada had some good images, I saw.
November 13, 2025 at 10:48 PM
We got so lucky with cloud-free days here in Iceland
November 13, 2025 at 10:46 PM
It signified that the sun is active. :)
November 13, 2025 at 10:45 PM
You're not wrong. They also take free public domain data and resell it for a profit, hide their own data, and have really unscientific long-term forecasting practices.

It's why I don't mind stealing their stuff and reposting it. I debated even crediting them but I have a spine.
November 13, 2025 at 8:44 PM
If it makes you feel better, even here in Reykjavík, we can get pretty bad light pollution in places and I miss the show
November 13, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Good point. 49/50 ain't bad, though.
November 13, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Sometimes I think rare aurora events are what people saw and attributed to angels or gods, and what we now read about in sagas and religious texts
November 13, 2025 at 4:25 PM
This is from my photos in Iceland! The Mexico aurora looked like this:
(from Reddit, a bastion of truth lol)
November 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Definitely a bucket list item of mine to see the elusive southern lights!
November 12, 2025 at 11:38 PM
I'd consider that mid Florida! Which is definitely the furthest south I've heard so far 😱
November 12, 2025 at 12:43 PM
The detective work in the reddit thread felt next level. For chives?!
November 8, 2025 at 1:30 AM