Anyone else seeing the aurora?? First time I’ve seen it and its amazing!!!

  • Oddbin@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    It was a fantastic hour and a bit of actually being able to see it with the naked eye and I managed to get some cracking pictures. This is supposed to go on for the rest of the weekend too as there was a large solar flare the other day. Tomorrow so far is forecast to be even more intense.

    Great resource for checking on the state of the aurora is:

    https://aurorawatch.lancs.ac.uk/

  • IDew@lemm.ee
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    5 months ago

    Yeah! Visible here in Belgium too! It’s so weird but very cool to see! (Can’t upload photos sadly, lemm.ee doesn’t allow me to)

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        5 months ago

        I haven’t seen it before in my life, so I would say no. Belgium is just the temporary place I stay at atm rather than the Netherlands where the sky is littered by lights which make it harder to see/notice. Over here it’s pretty clear!

  • Z3k3@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Was out earlier nothing visible to me sadly slight green tinge in the North but tbh I think that’s wishful thinking

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      5 months ago

      I bet it was! The sky looked strange but the colours only really become highlighted when you take a photo of them! Maybe you’ll get to see them tonight!!

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        5 months ago

        Was really wired started seeing people post pictured around me but I got jumped it was like I was in a black hole

        Took a couple pictures of the sky see if it picked up anything but nope

  • Bob Robertson IX@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Just saw it in Indiana. It was cloudy, and I could only see it from the west, but it was an odd view of a red sky behind white clouds.

  • Olap@lemmy.worldM
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    5 months ago

    Great show for you @linzid83 - did you stay up long watching it? Must admit going to bed about half ten, still too light to see anything, but the moon was a corker last night

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      5 months ago

      The moon was indeed amazing.too low to see from my garden buy when I went for a walk to get a clearer vire of the northern sky it really caught me off guard. Would loved to have pointed my skope at it but spot is not ideal for that

    • linzid83@lemmy.worldOP
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      5 months ago

      It was amazing!! Never seen it before and was so chuffed!! I was out about midnight for about half an hour. My photos are rubbish compared to some of my friends/family. If I hadn’t had the cicktail cans in the early evening I would’ve gone somewhere darker!! Hopefully you’ll can see them tonight!

  • girlfreddy@lemmy.ca
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    5 months ago

    I’m 6 hours behind you so need more darkness.

    That pic is incredible tho. I’ve rarely seen pinks in auroras.

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      5 months ago

      Did you see anything?? It was mostly pinks for us last night. Apparently thats the nitrogen where green is the oxygen.

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        5 months ago

        Didn’t see anything, but I’m on the south end of a large city close to the Can-US border so the light pollution is atrocious.

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          5 months ago

          Yeah we had quite a bit of light pollution too. If we gwt another chance tonight i’m definitely going somewhere dark!!