Let's call him STEVE: The amusing story of a not-Aurora phenomenon

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Жыл бұрын

What started as a misnomer and misclassification of a rare Aurora phenomenon turned into quite the fun story. How Steve got its name.
Something originally called a "proton arc" to describe a lavendar ribbon in the night sky on active aurora nights. Turns out it has nothing to do with protons! in a pinch, Chris Ratzlaff of Alberta Aurora chasers coined the name "steve" from over the hedge, the name they give to the mysterious bush. Later, that name was given a backronym "STEVE" solidifying the temporary name.
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@1.4142 Жыл бұрын

They can make any acronym work

@Token_Nerd Жыл бұрын

S tier OTH references

@LucasMunzlinger Жыл бұрын

HI I’M STEVE

@jamesmiller7941 Жыл бұрын

Hope your okay brother, expected to see your spring forecast so I hope your doing okay.

@lifeintornadoalley Жыл бұрын

Steeeeeeeeeeeeeveeeeee

@dalelerette206 6 ай бұрын

Has anyone noticed the new solar phenomena "Steve" may be oddly aligned with ancient maps of Ley Lines? Dogs and cats living together? Who you gonna call, Ghost Busters?

@2147B 2 ай бұрын

5/10/24 9:45-10:15 PM. Lakes region NH. We were waiting for the big CME to hit our magnetosphere and dive down in. Clouds were about to start rolling in and we were bummed then all of a sudden boom. THe most magical display i have ever seen, going from east to west. I thought it was the "base" aurora and accepted that. Woke up the next morning and my first thought was wtf was that? I saw it and was entirely blind to "STEVE" I'll never forget it and hope one day im able to see it again! I'm quite far away from where it's normally observed actually, as i type this out and hear the explanation. Do auroras sometimes start with bands that can be mistake for steve? Or did i actually see it? They'd appear faint, some would brighten up a lot and then they would disappear from one end to the other. Almost looked like (for example) The shadow of gas that comes out of a lighter with out igniting it. Wow i typed with my head down and left you a wall of text, sry.

@connorjoslin5111 Жыл бұрын

Damn you got the best videos

@scienceoutthere Жыл бұрын

Now what to do to fix SAR's? Which is a non-aurora but called Stable Aurora Red's. Now fielding name submissions. Discord? discord.gg/bNMVrjf MY Patreon? www.patreon.com/scienceoutthere Tornado Archive Patreon: www.patreon.com/torarchive Twitter? twitter.com/ScienceOutThere

@katymaloney Жыл бұрын

Steve leaves you with that sweet emotion... it lights a strike in the air like an aero smith. Imma dream on and assume it's an homage to Steven Tyler's purple hair strand and silk scarves, call me crazy, I don't care! I'm livin on the edge.

@scienceoutthere Жыл бұрын

Living on the *hedge.

@herecomethelizards2 Жыл бұрын

I thought this was a ribbon of hot plasma,rather than Aurora. I saw your awesome fireball meteor on Spaceweather gallery. We've had Supercells and tornadoes in the UK. High shear lowish CAPE setup.

@zinckensteel 9 ай бұрын

You speak of STEVE having a very high velocity - does that mean it moves across the sky rapidly? That would match what I saw back in 2002(?ish) in northern Ohio

@glenheinz1275 Жыл бұрын

Got it! Retweeted it.

@stevekonrath7376 Жыл бұрын

Hi I'm the REEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAL Steve😁😁

@SimpleThings888 8 ай бұрын

Question: Does this have an association with the solar flares coming off the sun? I am referencing at video Titled "12-01-2023 New Underwood, SD - Vibrant Aurora Timelapse Dancing Pillars." This was when we were supposed to see the aurora's from a sun flare that occurred from the sun and shot straight towards earth. So I am now confused about what it was. Thanks in advance.

@scienceoutthere 8 ай бұрын

Steve phenomena can happen during solar storms yes and sometimes not during storms too. Check out my “Aurora forecasting” series for the basics on how this is all connected. Steve is just one possible thing that can happen, but it doesn’t always happen and it doesn’t have to be a “storm”.

@SimpleThings888 8 ай бұрын

Thank you. I will check it out. @@scienceoutthere

@imdawolfman2698 6 ай бұрын

What's the source? giving something a name (like dark matter) doesn't mean you know what it is. 'It's just a huge, flashy, randomly twisting, very hot, very fast energy field',.