Northern lights anybody?

[TBRS1]

I live on the 45th parallel so I was hoping to get a good view of the Northern Lights.

Unfortunately, it was cloudy yesterday, and cloudier today, so no go.

Anybody get a good view?

 

[tree]

I live near the 45th parallel.
Rained all night last night.

 

[Au Naturel]

They were visible from the Los Angeles area if you got away into the desert, far from the lights.

 

[Thinx]

Some people here in South UK said they saw them. But I didn't, despite being awake at the right time. You can see the Milky way literally above my road though. On clear nights. I live on the Milky way! Sort of.

 

[SusanLR]

I haven't seen the Milky Way since 1981 after moving to Florida.
Too many city lights around. I could see it in Missouri.

The weather report said we are too far south to see the Northern Lights. Even with this huge solar storm.

 

[Misty Avich]

I couldn't see northern lights. Too much light pollution where I live.

 

[oregano]

On Friday 10/5/2024 North America got blasted by the biggest solar flare to hit earth since 2003. The aurora borealis ("Northern Lights" could be seen as far south as San Francisco, and was visible in the urban agglomeration of Silicon Valley/Bay Area despite heavy light pollution. These are the photos I took of it here in far Northern California (Jefferson) just south of the 42 parallel latitude.

 

[marc_101]

I was hoping @AuroraBorealis had a report

 

[AuroraBorealis]

Unfo

I was hoping @AuroraBorealis had a report

Unfortunately not, since by this time of year it's too bright here, and the sky was covered in clouds anyway - bad luck. But I was lucky enough to see Northern lights a few weeks ago, so I'm not too disappointed

 

[Angular Chap]

I was supposed to be able to see them in certain places in my county, but of course it was cloudy.

Anyway, here is what they look like from the space station:

 

[WhitewaterWoman]

I am in south Florida and thought I was out of it. Turns out someone took pictures in a nearby town. Darn it.

But, they claim Sunday night could be an even better display than Saturday, (but not Friday, which was the best.)

So I'll be out Sunday night/Monday morning to see if I can see any. I do live in a dark skies area, so have a good chance of seeing them if they are there.

 

[TBRS1]

I am in south Florida and thought I was out of it. Turns out someone took pictures in a nearby town. Darn it.

But, they claim Sunday night could be an even better display than Saturday, (but not Friday, which was the best.)

So I'll be out Sunday night/Monday morning to see if I can see any. I do live in a dark skies area, so have a good chance of seeing them if they are there.

Oh, that's fantastic - it's bright and sunny today (Sunday) here, so it should be a clear night. I get another chance!

 

[WhitewaterWoman]

Clouds.

 

[tree]

Rained at night again, after a sunny day.

 

[TBRS1]

Rained at night again, after a sunny day.

Same here.

Didn't see anything at 10 pm, then, lightening, thunder, and clouds.

 

[Cassandra65]

I live on the 45th parallel so I was hoping to get a good view of the Northern Lights.

Unfortunately, it was cloudy yesterday, and cloudier today, so no go.

Anybody get a good view?

Sadly I slept through the whole thing, but there are some great pics on facebook. Very bright, even as far south as Brighton W Sussex (UK)

 

[FayetheAspie]

I would like to see them someday.

 

[tlc]

This is from my house near the 45th parallel.

It also was cloudy the best 2 nights, but on the 3rd night it cleared off. This was May 11 2024.

I had a pretty good show the night of August 11 too. Kept changing from purples, blues… to oranges and greens. Kept getting better the later I stayed up, streaking all the way to directly overhead. But I called it good enough at 1 am because I think I had to work the next day.

One thing I wished I learned a long time ago, is you won’t see the colors with your naked eyes. You might just see white wisps that could be mistaken for clouds. Your phone has better color sensors than your eyes. So just point your phone in that general direction and see what happens.

I have an iPhone X which has a pretty poor camera compared to the newer ones. I tried a bunch of different apps, and this one called Blacksight was the best, for collecting light and assembling it into a decent picture. Still nowhere near a newer phone, but worlds better than without it.

My phone before Blacksight, May 11:

From my dad’s newer iPhone, same show August 11, same latitude, 20 miles away:

 

[Toirtis]

I live just north of 51°, and we get a decent show every 3-8 days during the 'busy' season, but 2-3 times monthly outside of that. Despite it being common, it never loses its magic.

 

[Shevek]

I saw some last night, but it was through a haze of forest smoke.