Aurorasaurus, the map that indicates where to see the northern lights in real time
This is the Aurorasaurus project that, using Twitter and #CitizenScience (investigations carried out by a group made up of scientists and non-professionals in this sector), aims to increase our chances of seeing the northern lights , they explain on their website.
Citizen participation is what drives Aurorasaurus forward. A) Yes, when a person sees an aurora, they just have to report it through the project's app or its website .
This indication is published in a kind of timeline awaiting verification by another user in the community . You must indicate the place of the observation, when it started, when it ended or if it is still going on, its colors, the type of aurora, its position in the sky and its level of activity.
A map appears on the web with icons that identify the auroras that have been verified, those that have been denied and those that are pending confirmation. In addition, it includes a mass of color that, depending on its tonality, indicates the chances of seeing an aurora, as well as a red line that runs through the places where it is estimated that this phenomenon can be enjoyed in the coming hours.
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