{"id":324,"date":"2011-04-27T21:45:31","date_gmt":"2011-04-28T01:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/geog250\/?p=324"},"modified":"2016-01-27T11:58:42","modified_gmt":"2016-01-27T15:58:42","slug":"aurora-forecasting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/geog250\/2011\/04\/27\/aurora-forecasting\/","title":{"rendered":"Aurora Forecasting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/geog250\/files\/2011\/04\/PotD.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-325\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/geog250\/files\/2011\/04\/PotD-300x108.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/geog250\/files\/2011\/04\/PotD-300x108.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/geog250\/files\/2011\/04\/PotD.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>If you have been curious about the Northern Lights or Aurora Borealis there is no time better than now to check out more about this awesome natural phenomenon.\u00a0 The aurora borealis is essentially the result of protons and electrons from the sun colliding and mixing with the Earth&#8217;s atmosphere and magnetic fields.\u00a0 When this happens there is an awesome display of color that occurs at both the North and South Poles, though the north is better known for it in my experiences.\u00a0 The Northern Lights are absolutely remarkable and this website predicts how good they will be.\u00a0 The Geophysical Institute is sponsored by the University of Alaska Fairbanks and their website puts up predictions for how well and when the Lights will be able to be seen.\u00a0 The website also talks about interpreting the forecast and tips for how to plan to see the Aurora Borealis when it is at its best.\u00a0 I suggest checking this website out if you would like to know more about the Northern Lights.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.gi.alaska.edu\/AuroraForecast\/2011\/04\/27<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you have been curious about the Northern Lights or Aurora Borealis there is no time better than now to check out more about this awesome natural phenomenon.\u00a0 The aurora borealis is essentially the result of protons and electrons from &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/geog250\/2011\/04\/27\/aurora-forecasting\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1486,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1043,1571],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-atmosphere","category-spring-2011"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/geog250\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/geog250\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/geog250\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/geog250\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1486"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/geog250\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/geog250\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/geog250\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/geog250\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/geog250\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}