Aurora Borealis happening now!

[Tom D]

Get outside if you live somewhere North and without too much light pollution.

 

[Tom D]

Best I have seen it here

 

[DoubleDoom]

Getting it in East Suffolk as well. It rarely comes down this low. Luckily we are rural with no light pollution and get to see some great skies.

 

[IslandFalconer]

I was about to say it’s still light out, not even thinking of the time difference!

 

[Tom D]

I was about to say it’s still light out, not even thinking of the time difference!

You’ll see it soon!

 

[Back in Black]

My daughter is seeing it now, she just sent me some pics. She's just to the west of Boston, MA. I can't see anything here - clouds and light pollution.

 

[Eric]

You’ll see it soon!

 

[rovie]

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It is impressive how LED technology has developed in recent years.

But seriously, these weather phenomena are really impressive. It feels like they have increased in recent years.

 

[Tazzieman]

An alert for a major aurora has just been issued for the southern hemisphere.
Luckily Tasmania is right in the pathway. Hopefully the wind drops and the skies clear. In the meantime I'll just drink wine as the evening progresses

 

[CRH]

Taking a photo of the coastguard practicing and was surprised to see this when we zoomed back out and looked at the picture in full

 

[IGL]

An alert for a major aurora has just been issued for the southern hemisphere.
Luckily Tasmania is right in the pathway. Hopefully the wind drops and the skies clear. In the meantime I'll just drink wine as the evening progresses

Cheers and enjoy

 

[G-Man]

We live up in rural Aberdeenshire with very little light pollution and judging by the local FB posts the light show was spectacular last night.

I do get the impression people's attention to the phenomenon has grown with the advance in mobile phone camera technology. I'm partially colour blind which doesn't help but I've never been able to see it with the naked eye, although I've been able to photograph it using a long exposure setting on my phone and then look back at it after the event. Am I right in thinking that all the sexy neon glow photos we see posted are what a camera has seen and not necessarily what people are able to appreciate in real time?

Pardon my curmudgeonlyness, I'm feeling a little FOMO this morning.

 

[Tazzieman]

We live up in rural Aberdeenshire with very little light pollution and judging by the local FB posts the light show was spectacular last night.

Am I right in thinking that all the sexy neon glow photos we see posted are what a camera has seen and not necessarily what people are able to appreciate in real time

You are correct. But sometime you do get bright naked eye beams and curtains. But a camera can pick up all wavelengths, hence the larger than life instagram/ FB snaps. Let's not talk photoshop...

 

[G-Man]

You are correct. But sometime you do get bright naked eye beams and curtains. But a camera can pick up all wavelengths, hence the larger than life instagram/ FB snaps. Let's not talk photoshop...

I always thought it was a scam

 

[CRH]

I always thought it was a scam

The last really big show we could see without the use of a camera very well but the camera did emphasise the display or show up colours when we could only see a white 'cloud'
Spoke to someone else near to where we were and he had previously paid for a trip to see the northern lights but said the display we had just seen was far better

 

[Tazzieman]

May I present the aurora australis from southern Tasmania, Bruny Island

 

[G-Man]

May I present the aurora australis from southern Tasmania, Bruny Island

Looks great over the gumtrees as a different perspective. So are your version of the Northern Lights called the Southern Lights?

 

[RobS]

From Cape May, NJ

 

[Tom D]

We live up in rural Aberdeenshire with very little light pollution and judging by the local FB posts the light show was spectacular last night.

I do get the impression people's attention to the phenomenon has grown with the advance in mobile phone camera technology. I'm partially colour blind which doesn't help but I've never been able to see it with the naked eye, although I've been able to photograph it using a long exposure setting on my phone and then look back at it after the event. Am I right in thinking that all the sexy neon glow photos we see posted are what a camera has seen and not necessarily what people are able to appreciate in real time?

Pardon my curmudgeonlyness, I'm feeling a little FOMO this morning.

They were easily visible with the naked eye last night, the phone camera does make them pop more though.

 

[Tom109]

Very faint to the naked eye here in New Jersey USA. But the phone did make them pop.