snowlover2 Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 Insane outburst now. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Admin BuckeyeGal Posted October 11 Admin Share Posted October 11 Almost cried. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowlover2 Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 Kp back up to 8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Tater Posted October 11 Moderators Share Posted October 11 (edited) My picutures might pale in comparison to y'alls (literally), but it's impressive to see them at all this far south. I took these from the airport where I work in southern VA (W78 is the airport identifier). The above two were towards the north, the following was directly overhead. Edited October 11 by Tater 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowlover2 Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 Kp dropped down to 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neoncyclone Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 This time around I have an Iphone 14 Pro Max and it can do 10 second exposures. Got some amazing pictures of our towns old-burnt down highschool in the foreground, and a couple pictures where you can kind of make out the Milky Way which is pretty cool! These are in Southern Illinois, I've never seen vivid red from Aurora here, it's shown up on camera very pink/red like this, but never to the naked eye. Tonight I got to see some real color up there. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowlover2 Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 Some color showing back up again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowlover2 Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 1 hour ago, snowlover2 said: Kp dropped down to 5. And back to 7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin MaineJay Posted October 11 Author Admin Share Posted October 11 6 hours ago, Rush said: Insane outburst now. Disappointed I didn't stay up a little longer. I did wake early and sent the drone up in questionable conditions. Had a bit of a hard landing too, so have a propeller blade to replace, but that was the only damage thankfully. Did improve on my time lapse, but you can see how my little drone was fighting the wind. Edit, just noticed that bright satellite or plane looking like a UFO taking off. 1_2_0_2024_10_11_04_06_56_LAPSEZY_1378.MP4 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 Amazing last night. Had the initial outburst right at sunset deep reds that were visible even with the sun still illuminating the sky. Also had a green band move directly overhead. Starting around 9 there was a green band at the horizon that steadily climbed higher in the sky. Around 10:30 there was another large outburst that was equivalent to the earlier one. After that I was satisfied and went to bed. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shipwreck Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 Not long after sunset I was surprised to get a text from a friend that you could already see it... I went outside and even through the light pollution could see the deep scarlet glow and waves of faint red streaks moving overhead. Later I made my way to a lake/State Park near me hoping to see more. Because of social media, crowds of people were out lining the roads and the shoreline of the lake. A little after 10 the sky exploded... Never experienced anything like that! We were all lucky to be watchng when it happened! If I may get a little philosophical, it was amazing that in these divided times, to have a celestial event that inspires everyone to go out in the cold and stand side by side looking up at the sky in AWE!!! 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burr Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 (edited) Got these at about 10:30EDT last night from a farm outside town. iPhone 3 second exposure. To the naked eye it was barely distinguishable as a rosy smudge across the sky glow. Moon was setting behind one group of trees… Edited October 11 by Burr 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Undertakerson2.0 Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 (edited) My friends, I'm still beaming outside and in from my view of the display put on last night. It takes something special to move this old guy to be in awe. This WAS IT! Many of these were naked eye visible - people gasped out loud, people were openly weeping. I've not seen such beauty and color since the last time I attended a Grateful Dead show. Truly, a community affair - much respect and love shown all around. Enjoy just these few examples of what I was blessed to have witnessed first hand. I might not live long enough to ever see such a spectacle, but I damn sure will try to Edited October 11 by Undertakerson2.0 2 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clm Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 Amazing photos all. Unfortunately for me my sky is pathetically lit up with lights which makes viewing anything nearly impossible. Could not venture out last night to somewhere darker, so once again, I did not see the Northern Lights. Something I want to do before my time is up. I kept going outside very frequently last night. Saw no colors. Aside from the Moon and Jupiter, and the Summer Triangle (faint though). Nothing more. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayuphere Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 North central Maine. Was wild between 7:00 and 8:00 pm. I first noticed it when I walked into the dark kitchen and saw a pink glow on the closed white shade. Just amazing. 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 2 hours ago, Undertakerson2.0 said: My friends, I'm still beaming outside and in from my view of the display put on last night. It takes something special to move this old guy to be in awe. This WAS IT! Many of these were naked eye visible - people gasped out loud, people were openly weeping. I've not seen such beauty and color since the last time I attended a Grateful Dead show. Truly, a community affair - much respect and love shown all around. Enjoy just these few examples of what I was blessed to have witnessed first hand. I might not live long enough to ever see such a spectacle, but I damn sure will try to Where did you go watch it? One other pic I got of my kids watching it. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators StretchCT Posted October 11 Moderators Share Posted October 11 Timelapse from the backyard taken on gopro. Battery ran out in the height of the second round. They started right as last light was fading on my way home and you could see them bare eyed on the highway. I got home, for the end of round one, then captured round two and the rest of the night. 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Undertakerson2.0 Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 2 hours ago, Rush said: Where did you go watch it? One other pic I got of my kids watching it. At first I was in my own BY, then wanted a bigger horizon so I drove a coupla miles up to the top of Peter's Mountain (PA Rt 225) and that is when the big show got going 🙂 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neoncyclone Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 I went out for a second time last night this is probably my favorite picture that I took last night. 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRex Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 Man, I'm so jealous. We had 100% cloud cover just like we did for the last big aurora. This is the second time this year my mom in Alabama has sent me pictures of the Northern Lights from her front yard. I'm hoping we get an solar storm this winter when the skies here are crystal clear. What bums me out is this last week we had a few nights where the Milky Way was very pronounced in the sky. Our weather and the solar storms just can't get lined up for optimal conditions. Maybe next time. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators StretchCT Posted October 11 Moderators Share Posted October 11 (edited) The product at Swpc.noaa.gov which is the aurora model runs from the day before to the next 30 minutes (or something like that). This is about 7:30EDT last night when I had them really bright overhead. But I'm not even in the green area. Goes to show to look up if the oval is close to you. Edited October 11 by StretchCT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Tater Posted October 11 Moderators Share Posted October 11 I thought the GI Alaska (https://www.gi.alaska.edu/monitors/aurora-forecast) site was more accurate. It showed pretty far south last evening when I checked, though not as far south as the historical data shows now for yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin MaineJay Posted October 11 Author Admin Share Posted October 11 40 minutes ago, StretchCT said: The product at Swpc.noaa.gov which is the aurora model runs from the day before to the next 30 minutes (or something like that). This is about 7:30EDT last night when I had them really bright overhead. But I'm not even in the green area. Goes to show to look up if the oval is close to you. And the minute it is dark, go check. I've made the mistake of waiting till it was darker, only catch the tail end. The magnitude of the brightness was shocking, I want to say things like, "once-in-a-generation", or even lifetime, but there's been a few amazing storms in this solar cycle. That sunspot will rotate back around in 10 days or so, never know with the sun, makes it more special to catch them. And there's always the data gap. They have to first try and discern what, if anything ejected from the sun, then wait until it hits the ACE satellite almost 1 million miles from Earth at Lagrange point 1. That gives only about an hour of real heads up, and even then, ACE might not even be able to "see" how much is coming towards Earth, but only the strength of what passes by the satellite, if that makes sense. In any event, we are getting away from the equinox, so that will make them as little more difficult, but by no means the deciding factor. A big storm probably doesn't care. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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