I'll be on a plane over the Atlantic that night. Here's hoping I'm on the left side.
When I moved back to the US from Budapest, the last leg was Heathrow to SeaTac via the Great Circle route at night ... and the aurora was visible at eye level outside the aircraft for almost the entire flight. People were all asleep, and I was standing looking out the portal on the door, watching the aurora for hours. It's the only time I have seen it.
You should take mk's Geiger counter, especially if you're going to Europe and flying through/near the auroral zone. Best of luck w/ TSA :(. I think it says "nuclear radiation" somewhere on the device, sooooooo
Yeah, it's almost always safe to assume forecasts for space weather are in UT. I'm still going to try to take my counter on my next trans-Atlantic flight, you shouldn't need a storm to see a significantly elevated radiation level at higher altitudes.
I'm starting to reconsider my choice to do international travel after reading about getting back into the US. You need an antigen test within a day of travel that needs to be administered in some official capacity so that there's documentation. I actually had covid with in the last 90 days, so I should be fine, except that I knew I had covid so I quarantined like a responsible person, whereas if I would have gone to a doctor to get a medical record, then I'd have a "recovery passport". But I can't do that now, because a positive test is only good as a positive test for like a month or something. So moronic. Have we not learned anything in 2 years?
Most airports have these now. I spent $20 in Milan for a q-tip up the nose. (but I just checked SFO for an upcoming trip will be $75 - so plan accordingly)You need an antigen test within a day of travel that needs to be administered in some official capacity