Episode 19: The Northern Lights with Nathan Lowell

[bn]

I'm going to release this a day or so early because a great big coronal mass ejection has been barfed out towards us, and in the next night or two we can expect some northern lights. So I figured that we'd do well to release this early!

[bn]

Okay! Listen to this episode HERE.



It's an episode on northern lights.
the author is nathan lowell .
If you listen past the end you'll hear a fun discussion where he tells us about his latest novel series.


I found a nice photo of the northern lights:

you can really see how the colours are stratified.

[nlowell]

I didn't get to see any of the fun, but I just left a link in the comments to a beautiful video that shows the blue, green, and red layers from the vantage point of the ISS. Thought I'd come leave it here, too.

http://vimeo.com/42909676

Thanks again for a great time. Look forward to coming back.

[bn]

It was super fun!

[bn]

THAT VIDEO IS AWESOME!

[Ed Lolington]

Great episode as always.
I'm nostalgic about childhood days waiting in a doctor's office now. Is that weird?

Also I love the lightning flashes in that video! Very cool.

[bn]

what? because you aren't playing with one of those wire bead thingies?

...
you know they have them in dentist offices too, eh?!

and you don't even need a reason to go to the dentist.

[Ed Lolington]

My dentist doesn't have one in the waiting room If they did I'd play with it no matter how many weird looks I got. You only get to do it 2-3 times a year!

[bn]

i haven't been to the dentist in a long time

you should buy one at a garage sale,
and drop it off in the dentist office next time you go.

in fact, you should get a little gold plate etched with some meaningful sounding dedication, and stick it to the toy.

[Ed Lolington]

thats a great idea and im going to do it