Our recent Sky at Night programme about the Northern Lights seems to have attracted a lot of attention. To be honest, I don’t think we can take too much of the credit for this as we could have just shown the Lights and people would still have watched open mouthed.
To get a taste of it, the BBC have put a clip from the broadcast up on Youtube, so sit back, pour yourself a glass of aquavit and enjoy :
Chris Lintott’s Universe » See the Northern Lights with the Sky at Night « Where the Sun hits the sky on February 26, 2009
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Pete Vines on February 27, 2009
Having missed the Sky at Night episode and the iPlayer catch-up, it was great to see this Chris. My wife and I have just returned from Tromso after a few days of successful aurora hunting. I also managed to capture a few images of my own. We also met Kjetil Skogli on the banks of a very chill fjord at midnight. The aurora was an unforgettable experience which we hope to repeat some time.
John Cave on March 1, 2009
Hi Chris,
Having taken a Northern Lights flight a few years back when you gave the lecture beforehand, this brought back some great memories. Brilliant stuff!
John.
Andrew Kavanagh on March 2, 2009
Chris,
that is excellent and I must say that the show was very good.
Your opening statement intrigues me, do you have a measure of ‘a lot of attention’ as the STP community could find this quite useful?
Jonathan on March 2, 2009
There is a fantastic comment made during this video (3 mins +).
Rough quote: “There is more energy being dissipated by the aurora borealis than in all the power stations in the world put together!” … “mostly 100km above our heads” … “if we could gain access it it would probably solve our energy needs forever” … “difficult to get a plug up there tho.”
: -)
Excellent piece of information. I shall store it away and bring out over a pint with friends sometime – “solutions please”.
zofia magrian on March 5, 2009
On a 50 inch plasma screen it was really something to see those colours… Btw you look really relaxed and confident, quite different from even a few months back and a totally different person compared to the early episodes. Like you’re the proper host of the show (no offence to Patrick Moore)
Simon Thomson on March 26, 2009
Spectacular show and brilliant photography. I have never see the Northern Lights, but hope to some day soon.
Kjetil Skogli on April 14, 2009
Hi Chris.
Thanks for a good and interesting time with you and the team. The sky is mostly to bright for the Light at this time, but it also good to have a time off after a long and busy season. A good season with a lot of nice displays, after all.
Maybe we meet next season
All the best
Kjetil Skogli, Tromsø Norway
Andrew Kavanagh on April 29, 2009
hmmm, seems my last comment is also trapped in moderation. Somehow I don’t think that I am going to get an answer to my question here. Oh Well.
J K on July 28, 2009
Wow! That must have been something to see…