I know there are rainbow colored northern lights like you see in pics, but I don’t think anyone in the US would be able to see them that way. Correct me if I’m wrong, I would love to see them here if it’s possible.
I was anle to see them incredibly brightly. The biggest issue is people usually just go out and see them for an hour and think it’s over. You gotta sit out there for hours and hours.
I literally was yelling when it reached peak brightness it was so incredible.
I’ve seen them bright, but I’m talking about the colors. Did you see something other than green?
Yes i saw red, yellow, and white. The sky was really red, then these weird vertical lines of white with yellow gradients behind them.
It was purple/red when I saw it here last week! I live in the middle of Illinois, next to a city.
It wasn’t detailed to the naked eye like the video or like in pictures for me (maybe because of light pollution?), but it was definitely a purple red color.
I know because I was like “what is that color??” I thought of some event or something in the city that direction, but it was weird that it was purple. Then I thought about weed farms, but it would have to be so many weed farms! Then it hit me that it was Aurora borealis.
In photos it’s obviously more striking but I am certain was something other than green!
I had my flash on like a dweeb in my yard, but that made the striations(?) look more interesting so I should remember that for next time.
A friend north of me, also in Illinois but on a farm, got more green toward the horizon as well in photos but to the naked eye he said it looked more like cloud cover.
Whoa, now I’m jealous. I’ve only seen the green kind.
I’m with you, I still can’t believe it.
I keep wanting to paraphrase the Simpsons. Aurora borealis? Here??
About half way through this video from a NASA astronaut, it shows a red spot. I thought you might think it’s cool. I didn’t realize it when I originally saw it.
Oh that’s very cool, thanks for sharing!
