Matt Gray

Broadcast engineer who dabbles in photography, video and web stuff.

Based in North West England

UK Aurora Map

Monday 23rd January 2012

This map shows where in the UK twitter users report to be able to see the Northern Lights.

Tweet the first half of your postcode, how easily you can see aurora out of 10 eg: "#aurora G51 3/10 wow!" to contribute!
10/10 = You can't miss it; 6/10 = Visible from a dark area of town; 3/10 = Visible out of town or to a trained eye; 0/10 = Not visible.

Map Key: red cross icon Red Cross = No Visibility; aurora icon Solid yellow splodge = High Visibility

Incoming Tweets

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    The list of tweets automatically updates every minute.

    Click the blobs on the map to read the tweets

    Having seen a lot of talk on twitter about the solar activity, and questions about how south an aurora may be visible, I put this together by modifying Ben Marsh's original UK Snow Map code. Why not take a look at Ben's UK Snow Map or follow Ben on Twitter?

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    This is how it should look when visible aurorae are being reported

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