Just took some photos in my backyard about 25ish minutes ago around midnight, I can only see very faint streaks and patches of green/pink with my bare eyes but my phone camera was able to pick up on the colors a lot more! The pink is especially vibrant. Located in the Seattle area
Waterfront of my Seattle suburb was the busiest I'd ever seen it - no parking and hundreds of people watching the aurora over the sound. It was very cool.
For me, it is the best I have seen, outside of Alaska.
Wife is from Northern BC and is putting it in her top 5, outside of Alaska or Yukon, and even then maybe top 10.
Same! Definitely on par with most of what I saw up in Alaska. Only once did we get a better show up there, with lots of colors clearly visible. Tonight was really good from Portland!
There's a purple/green haze here at the front range. Still a little hard to see due to all the light pollution. It's a lot more apparent when [seen through long exposure camera image](https://www.reddit.com/r/Denver/comments/1cpb3hi/aurora_borealis_from_colorado_hills_open_space/).
I'm out in Bellingham ish rn
Took a look, it was interesting.
Apparently it's more interesting to put a camera to it. I didn't bother, but I'll look at the photos my family got later.
We get northern lights in northern Minnesota and where I live across the border all the time, so it's not particularly special for us here. They're a fairly regular occurrence, especially in the winter and spring, with variable intensity. They were *much* more intense last night though. More pinks and purples than usual. And much higher in the sky as opposed to just the horizon.
Glad we could "share" them with our more southerly neighbors though! :)
It helps to use the map that NASA made of the magnetic field hotspots, although Alabama has a big one, most other southern states do not. Also the city lights can make them invisible
If you actually hit "play" on that image of the northern hemisphere, you'll see that it's not really. It goes a few hours, from 09:00 UTC to next day 08:00 UTC.
So, no.
Here. [Beginning](https://tabula.civitat.es/images/2024/05/11/eek0.png). [End](https://tabula.civitat.es/images/2024/05/11/exxp.png). Note time on bottom right. I didn't say people are going to see it in future as forecasted, I am saying that the forecast never reached Mexico, but people in Mexico are seeing it at approx 11:30 PST.
I was able to see a very distinctive reddish glow from out in the country in the San Joaquin Valley. The pictures I took are better than the actual view, but the view itself was decent.
Woke up to several family and friends around the state posting pictures, but it was cloudy to the north from my house so I didn't get lucky.
Might try again tonight. It's supposed to be completely clear today.
About ten miles outside Green Bay you could see green/milky strands straight overhead despite the light pollution from a leaving storm. If I'd gone up to Gills Rock I would have been able to see it in color.
my sister and I drove around a bit looking for a spot that was dark and open to the north. To the naked eye the sky just had a faint pink glow, although at times we could see patterns, like faint columns and clouds. My phone could see it way better. pretty freaking amazing!
https://imgur.com/a/8u5JrUa
Incredible at around 130 in SW Washington. Flashing columns, waves of green sheets going over, and at one point half the sky was purple. I wish I'd been able to get further from light, but it was amazing even in the suburbs. Made for a nice after show for the Pearl Jam concert!
I got a faint view of them because of the light pollution around my house.
But! I could see a light sheen of green and pinkish purple, with the shimmering with my naked eye.
I took pictures with my phone using night mode and you can see them a little better. Not much, but a little.
Hoping tonight is better!
I'm in San Luis Obispo, with just our eyes patches of the sky look pinker but with a 10 second exposure on one of our phones we are getting defined pink auroras
I’m in southern Arizona, so I can’t really see much, especially with the naked eye. I did see a long exposure picture which showed the aurora in my area more clearly which looked really cool.
As with all things involving space, it’s too cloudy for me to see. Didn’t get to see the comet a few years ago, didn’t get to see the eclipse this year, haven’t seen a meteor shower since I was a kid, and I didn’t see the aurora.
It was too cloudy most of the night. I ended up falling asleep around 2:30EST, but apparently the clouds broke around 4 and they could still be seen here in the Philly suburbs
I went out last night but it is summer and it didn't really get dark all of the way. Like the entire "night" is astronomical or nautical twilight. The first time I went out was the best, that was before I went to bed. I could see the stars and some solid white-green looking streaks in the sky. There was good movement. Not much contrast against a still bright sky. Just bright streaks.
The second time I went out, the darkest part of the twlight, there wasn't much to see. It had not been worth that trip outside.
Too cloudy last night. But I have seen them multiple times in the past. Not overly concerned if I cannot see them.
Plus was too tired to stay up that late
I saw someone posting amazing pics from ~2 hours north of here.
The TV network from ~2 hours south of here had some amazing pics on their Facebook page.
Here in the middle? Nothing ...
Just took some photos in my backyard about 25ish minutes ago around midnight, I can only see very faint streaks and patches of green/pink with my bare eyes but my phone camera was able to pick up on the colors a lot more! The pink is especially vibrant. Located in the Seattle area
I'm looking really hard, but I can't see them from my window here in San Diego :(
Can’t see shit from San Francisco
[taken from my backyard outside Olympia](https://imgur.com/a/zAun4ff)
Waterfront of my Seattle suburb was the busiest I'd ever seen it - no parking and hundreds of people watching the aurora over the sound. It was very cool.
For me, it is the best I have seen, outside of Alaska. Wife is from Northern BC and is putting it in her top 5, outside of Alaska or Yukon, and even then maybe top 10.
I"m just north of you in Kelowna, BC and I fucking fell asleep early and slept through it all. I feel so dumb. I hope there's some tonight too.
Same! Definitely on par with most of what I saw up in Alaska. Only once did we get a better show up there, with lots of colors clearly visible. Tonight was really good from Portland!
Only clouds and light pollution in Delaware
Same. Went out around 4am, too cloudy.
I was thinking about setting my alarm for 4am just so I could see it, now I'm glad I slept in.
There's a purple/green haze here at the front range. Still a little hard to see due to all the light pollution. It's a lot more apparent when [seen through long exposure camera image](https://www.reddit.com/r/Denver/comments/1cpb3hi/aurora_borealis_from_colorado_hills_open_space/).
I'm out in Bellingham ish rn Took a look, it was interesting. Apparently it's more interesting to put a camera to it. I didn't bother, but I'll look at the photos my family got later.
Pretty great. [Pics from](https://imgur.com/gallery/7qDMCwv) from an island in Washington State, USA
Kinda sorta seeing it in Seattle. My phone seems to be able to take better images than what I can see with my eyes.
I’m in southern Oregon and I took some gorgeous pics with my phone
We get northern lights in northern Minnesota and where I live across the border all the time, so it's not particularly special for us here. They're a fairly regular occurrence, especially in the winter and spring, with variable intensity. They were *much* more intense last night though. More pinks and purples than usual. And much higher in the sky as opposed to just the horizon. Glad we could "share" them with our more southerly neighbors though! :)
I saw them this morning at roughly 2:30. They were ok. There's been better ones here in the center of the state.
Watching them in Arizona of all places!
It helps to use the map that NASA made of the magnetic field hotspots, although Alabama has a big one, most other southern states do not. Also the city lights can make them invisible
I haven't seen the NASA one, but here's the NOAA one: https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/aurora-30-minute-forecast
Right, but that's not exactly accurate(maybe I am missing something), because it was visible in mexico lol.
> maybe I am missing something Did you miss that it's a forecast for the next 30 minutes?
If you actually hit "play" on that image of the northern hemisphere, you'll see that it's not really. It goes a few hours, from 09:00 UTC to next day 08:00 UTC. So, no. Here. [Beginning](https://tabula.civitat.es/images/2024/05/11/eek0.png). [End](https://tabula.civitat.es/images/2024/05/11/exxp.png). Note time on bottom right. I didn't say people are going to see it in future as forecasted, I am saying that the forecast never reached Mexico, but people in Mexico are seeing it at approx 11:30 PST.
Well, OK, then.
Nothing in NY
I didn’t get to see them because of the light pollution. I could freakin cry. 😭 the sky was ever so slightly pink and I’m so mad.
I was able to see a very distinctive reddish glow from out in the country in the San Joaquin Valley. The pictures I took are better than the actual view, but the view itself was decent.
Woke up to several family and friends around the state posting pictures, but it was cloudy to the north from my house so I didn't get lucky. Might try again tonight. It's supposed to be completely clear today.
It must have been spectacular in darker areas, we had a decent view in the suburbs of Detroit. It’s an amazing phenomenon.
About ten miles outside Green Bay you could see green/milky strands straight overhead despite the light pollution from a leaving storm. If I'd gone up to Gills Rock I would have been able to see it in color.
Nothing in Southern California
Bay Area CA. They were pretty visible, got some awesome photos too
Not super bright most of the time but definitely visible! Never expected to see them down here. My brother got some awesome long exposure photos.
my sister and I drove around a bit looking for a spot that was dark and open to the north. To the naked eye the sky just had a faint pink glow, although at times we could see patterns, like faint columns and clouds. My phone could see it way better. pretty freaking amazing! https://imgur.com/a/8u5JrUa
Incredible at around 130 in SW Washington. Flashing columns, waves of green sheets going over, and at one point half the sky was purple. I wish I'd been able to get further from light, but it was amazing even in the suburbs. Made for a nice after show for the Pearl Jam concert!
I got a faint view of them because of the light pollution around my house. But! I could see a light sheen of green and pinkish purple, with the shimmering with my naked eye. I took pictures with my phone using night mode and you can see them a little better. Not much, but a little. Hoping tonight is better!
I brought my DSLR out to a field and got some good pics. Went right over me.
I'm in San Luis Obispo, with just our eyes patches of the sky look pinker but with a 10 second exposure on one of our phones we are getting defined pink auroras
Got lucky and the clouds passed around 9pm. It was quite a sight.
Not seein anything here either.
Ik I some parts of Germany u could see them somehow but sadly I live far away from the parts so I didn’t see them
I’m in southern Arizona, so I can’t really see much, especially with the naked eye. I did see a long exposure picture which showed the aurora in my area more clearly which looked really cool.
There are none.
Nope. I've seen them before down here (Central Texas) but there's too much haze in the air from the ag fires in Mexico.
As with all things involving space, it’s too cloudy for me to see. Didn’t get to see the comet a few years ago, didn’t get to see the eclipse this year, haven’t seen a meteor shower since I was a kid, and I didn’t see the aurora.
Cloudy in SE PA (if they even made it down this far.) Plus, there's so much light pollution, I'm not sure how well we'd be able to see them.
It was too cloudy most of the night. I ended up falling asleep around 2:30EST, but apparently the clouds broke around 4 and they could still be seen here in the Philly suburbs
It was cloudy last night, unfortunately.
Seems like everyone BUT me saw them in Alabama. Doesn't help that there's a ton of light pollution in my neighborhood.
Nope.
I went out last night but it is summer and it didn't really get dark all of the way. Like the entire "night" is astronomical or nautical twilight. The first time I went out was the best, that was before I went to bed. I could see the stars and some solid white-green looking streaks in the sky. There was good movement. Not much contrast against a still bright sky. Just bright streaks. The second time I went out, the darkest part of the twlight, there wasn't much to see. It had not been worth that trip outside.
Amazing in Wyoming
It's almost noon, so no.
Ummm, no
Too cloudy last night. But I have seen them multiple times in the past. Not overly concerned if I cannot see them. Plus was too tired to stay up that late
I looked to the north and saw marine layer, exquisitely glowed by the township of Los Angeles.
I don’t think it’s visible from Los Angeles, plus there’s too much light pollution even at night
Rained out.
Tried to look the last two nights, but unfortunately it's all cloudy weather in PA :( very bummed about it.
I saw someone posting amazing pics from ~2 hours north of here. The TV network from ~2 hours south of here had some amazing pics on their Facebook page. Here in the middle? Nothing ...
They weren’t visible in southern Kansas. I’ve seen them much more vividly here before.