Northern Lights (1 Viewer)

[ChiefD]

Supposed to be a solid solar storm tonight and a good chance for much of the northern US to see them, and it may reach even farther south.

Here for more details

Might be worth a look north tonight. Wave at me when you’re out there.

 

[Van Dyman]

Wow! Good info. I'm not far enough north but some other FBGs should benefit from this.

 

[The General]

I have fallen for this **** so many times. I live pretty far north and they always get me. Have never seen it even going far out into the country.

Maybe this is the time!

 

[Brony]

Aurora Borealis? At this time of year?

 

[MAC_32]

Aurora Borealis? At this time of year?

Localized entirely within your kitchen?

 

[GroveDiesel]

Stupid clouds here in NJ gonna ruin any shot at seeing them here it looks like. Bummer.

 

[Desert_Power]

Aurora Borealis? At this time of year?

Localized entirely within your kitchen?

You are an odd fellow but, I must say, you steam a good ham.

 

[belljr]

Stupid clouds here in NJ gonna ruin any shot at seeing them here it looks like. Bummer.

Maps shows out of range anyway

 

[belljr]

****ing guy moves to Oshkosh for 2 weeks and he thinks he's hot ****

 

[SFBayDuck]

So is this the one that knocks out the power grid, gps, and plunges us back into the middle ages?

 

[GroveDiesel]

Stupid clouds here in NJ gonna ruin any shot at seeing them here it looks like. Bummer.

Maps shows out of range anyway

This one shows it very well could be well south of us. Like I said, won’t matter for us anyway.

 

[Long Ball Larry]

Perfect time for some of my patented skinner burgers

 

[titusbramble]

Apparently visible about a mile from where I am. Saw nothing

 

[Don Quixote]

Apparently visible about a mile from where I am. Saw nothing

Try taking a picture with a bit of a longer exposure. Sometimes comes up better in pictures than with eyes.

 

[titusbramble]

Apparently visible about a mile from where I am. Saw nothing

Try taking a picture with a bit of a longer exposure. Sometimes comes up better in pictures than with eyes.

If you're not actually seeing it, then what's the point?

 

[Don Quixote]

Apparently visible about a mile from where I am. Saw nothing

Try taking a picture with a bit of a longer exposure. Sometimes comes up better in pictures than with eyes.

If you're not actually seeing it, then what's the point?

Just giving you a suggestion, you don’t have to take it. I’d love the opportunity to take a picture of an aurora, but YMMV.

 

[zamboni]

I honestly thought the thread was going to be about this banger.

 

[zamboni]

Aurora Borealis? At this time of year?

This is a family site, guy.

 

[Phil Elliott]

There are some amazing pics/videos from Europe and Australia/New Zealand. Color-enhanced.? ... may very well be.

 

[Major]

There are some amazing pics/videos from Europe and Australia/New Zealand. Color-enhanced.? ... may very well be.

I've had friends who make the trek to Iceland to see them. They said it was awesome. Pics don't do it justice type thing.

 

[Don Quixote]

Saw this that visible down into South Carolina. (I’ve got 100% cloud cover by me in DC.)

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ETA:My sister said that she can see outside Charlotte, NC too. This is going pretty far down if sky is clear.

 

[Phil Elliott]

View in Tasmania described as "biblical":

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[sho nuff]

Unedited in my backyard.

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And another..:just outside of Nashville TN

To the naked eye they sky looked slightly hazy and tinted slightly purple or green. Cell phone camera catches all the color.

 

[Wingnut]

Lots of pics south of me (North Port, Port Charlotte, Sebring, etc) but I'm seeing nothing here just outside of Tampa.

 

[ChiefD]

An amazing array here in Wisconsin. I took a great video I will post in the next few days. Incredible.

 

[ChiefD]

Unedited in my backyard.

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And another..:just outside of Nashville TN

To the naked eye they sky looked slightly hazy and tinted slightly purple or green. Cell phone camera catches all the color.

Yeah, we saw similar. Amazing.

 

[fatness]

Webcams supposedly showing the sky show: https://seetheaurora.com/webcams

 

[fatness]

North Dakota

https://youtu.be/DzwQdysugIQ

 

[The General]

Finally saw it in Seattle. In middle of city too. Needed to use phone to see the colors.

 

[GAlmgren]

Can see it in southern Idaho, but sort of like in black and white. Phone shows a way different color spectrum.

Funny part is my daughter is in Alaska and doesn't know if she will see it because the sun refuses to set.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

My friend just sent me some pics from his sisters farm an hour north of Minneapolis Just awesome

 

[tri-man 47]

So is this the one that knocks out the power grid, gps, and plunges us back into the middle ages?

Well, you’re in Oregon. Me thinks all the hippies and frontiersmen out there would welcome that.

 

[SFBayDuck]

So is this the one that knocks out the power grid, gps, and plunges us back into the middle ages?

Well, you’re in Oregon. Me thinks all the hippies and frontiersmen out there would welcome that.

Oh I’m ready!

 

[FreeBaGeL]

Could see it from our back yard, faint green/pink with some definite structure/pillars. Headed further out of the city and it got even better! Even caught the milky way with some pink around it which is in the southeastern sky (wrong direction), this thing must have been crazy strong!

Didn't get to shoot for long but took a couple timelapses, gonna work on putting those together later.

5 weeks ago I'd never seen an aurora nor a total solar eclipse. What a month!

 

[Phil Elliott]

Should still be decent tonight also.

 

[jhib]

Looks just like the total solar eclipse did for me... whole sky full of clouds.

 

[shuke]

Trying to look tonight. For those that saw it Friday, was it constant, or something that came and went?

 

[FreeBaGeL]

Trying to look tonight. For those that saw it Friday, was it constant, or something that came and went?

Friday night in Utah it was constant, but the strength of it came and went. Most of the time it was just kind of there as a hazy glow and only the camera could pick up colors/structure, but then during the strong parts you could see some color with your eye and definition of the pillars. Those usually lasted a few minutes.

Last night it only appeared a few times for a few minutes, and otherwise was completely black even to the camera.

 

[Payne]

Was awesome in SE Michigan. Using your phone camera was the key.

 

[Raging weasel]

Was awesome in SE Michigan. Using your phone camera was the key.

I live 2 miles North of Detroit and saw nothing either night even with the phone camera

 

[gianmarco]

Was awesome in SE Michigan. Using your phone camera was the key.

I live 2 miles North of Detroit and saw nothing either night even with the phone camera

Then you missed out as I saw many pictures of norther lights in Detroit.

 

[General Malaise]

Amazing how much more my phone was able to pick up than the naked eye. What I could see was pretty faint but my trusty Samsung got the goods. That was neat.

 

[Don Quixote]

Amazing how much more my phone was able to pick up than the naked eye. What I could see was pretty faint but my trusty Samsung got the goods. That was neat.

Let’s see it.

 

[General Malaise]

Amazing how much more my phone was able to pick up than the naked eye. What I could see was pretty faint but my trusty Samsung got the goods. That was neat.

Let’s see it.

I'm a little embarrassed to admit that I could have easily strolled down the block to a better viewing spot without powerlines obscuring the view, but at 10:45pm when I saw them, I was ready for bed.

Anyhow, here's the best shot I got from our backyard....