There could also be reds and purples. But even green-blind it should appear white, no? Kind of like looking at the Orion nebula through a telescope...it's a white cloud and the colors don't appear until you use longer camera exposure. moral of the story: go for it. Might be a once in a lifetime opportunityI was thinking the same thing, i.e. Alabama is considerably south of Northern California. I'm in the Bay Area. A fair chance it can be seen, but they stress to get away from the metropolitan areas. Too much bother for me, drive 50+ miles in the middle of the night in hopes of seeing shimmering green in the sky. When I heard that I chuckled: I'm total green blind, it so happens.
YOLO. Let us know how it goesSo, I did ask our resident astrophysicist what are the chances of gaining super powers if we can get one of those billionaire rockets and fly into LEO or whatever, and get blasted by this coronal mass erection.
...he said the super power of "multiorganic cancer"
It's worth a shot?
UK?
Edit, first Manchester that came to mind.
That's actually more...colorful than what I see over here.I stepped out and took some night sight shots. Nothing much. A different hue maybe.
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Magnetic field and solar wind moving in real time.Oh wow I just saw it naked eye a minute ago going outside. Faint but unmistakable pink in the sky. I am absolutely floored to see aurora from freaking San Antonio, Texas. Especially since I don't have a particularly dark north sky where I'm at (unlike where I was two hours ago when I couldn't see the aurora).
Colorblind me would probably not notice it. There's a neat crescent moon tonight, though. Clear but I see clouds on the horizon, they'll probably be moving in shortly.Oh wow I just saw it naked eye a minute ago going outside. Faint but unmistakable pink in the sky. I am absolutely floored to see aurora from freaking San Antonio, Texas. Especially since I don't have a particularly dark north sky where I'm at (unlike where I was two hours ago when I couldn't see the aurora).
Would be shocking if it is considering how once in a lifetime amazing it has been tonight but I'll definitely go check a few times if we're not clouded over. Won't be making a drive for it though since it seems to be something of a right place right time thing this far south.I think I heard them say tomorrow night will be better?
My friend got this on Logan Martin Lake in Alabama, but it was a 5 second exposure.Nice, that's the furthest south I have seen someone talk about seeing them so far and that's right outside the edge of the current NOAA 30 minute forecast. Though I'm around 29.6 latitude so super unlikely I'll get a chance, but still watching the 30 minute NOAA forecasts anyways and will take a trip to somewhere with a dark north sky about 15 miles away if I start seeing that forecast drop into Oklahoma (as aurora that are overhead up to 620 miles away can be visible)
I called that last pic the jelly fish. It was straight overhead and pulsing and changing shape. At one point it looked like a shockwave. Big striped curtains towards the northeast. Need to check out if my phone has a dark mode. Take some pics tonight.View attachment 98748View attachment 98749View attachment 98750View attachment 98751Incredible views out here tonight…. Just outside Wallacetown, Ontario.
That’s the joy of being out in the country. Closes town with any appreciable light pollution is 45 minutes away. We just pulled down the side road from the house and stood in the middle for an hour and a half. Just came and went the entire time and was still going when we decided to head home.I called that last pic the jelly fish. It was straight overhead and pulsing and changing shape. At one point it looked like a shockwave. Big striped curtains towards the northeast. Need to check out if my phone has a dark mode. Take some pics tonight.
Wish my neighbor wasn't so afraid of the dark also. How many outdoor spots do you Fn need. You know they make security versions of those things.
Wow this is a really good aurora forecast from now until 9:45 CST or so with ~10% chance of viewing (overhead) as far south as central Kansas. This was almost as good as the forecast when I saw the aurora yesterday in San Antonio. Anything within ~620 miles or so of of the shaded areas has a chance of seeing it and anywhere within that distance of red shaded areas should have a really great shot of seeing it.Forecasting another G5 (extreme) geomagnetic storm tonight. If it’s clear where you are head out and look up.