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Old 10-08-2013, 09:31 AM
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Seeing Stars

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Originally Posted by SteveInNZ View Post
We're heading to Fairbanks at Christmas to seek out the aurora. Yes, mad, I know.
In September, nautical twilight (dark enough for aurora) is 10pm to 5am so there's plenty of dark time. From my reading, the main problem with going at this time of year is that it's not cold enough for winter activities but too cold and unpredictable for the summer ones.
Despite all the weather stats and probabilities and things, one thing for sure - if you're not there, you won't see it.
Fantastic! When you are in Fairbanks make sure you go shopping at Fred Myers... WOW that store is great and very very cheap. You can perchase anyuthing at that store from a bag of chips to a fully auto rifle?? My wife and I spend 4 hours in the store and purchased up big.. No I did not purchase a rifle, but did get a pretty neat slingshot .


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