We woke up the kids to see them. We could see them from our house (Iowa), but wanted a better view. We headed 5 minutes north so we could be in the country. We went to a soccer field complex. The views were amazing (better with a phone), and I especially loved that there ended up being a lot of people out there. Not crowded by any stretch of the imagination, but probably 30 cars of people sitting outside, silently, just watching in awe.
I met up with a friend about half hour away at the lake. Everyone else did too because it was the craziest amount of traffic and madness finding parking. Couldn’t believe so many people out at close to midnight just all quietly soaking it in.
We could see faint color but you could see the columns and where they were and how it was moving at times. But as soon as you looked through your phone you could see the amazing colors. I was there about an hour and the colors and intensity changed throughout. I still have to download pics from my nice camera.
We are in Delaware but it’s too cloudy to see anything. I fear that tonight, back in Philly, will have too much light pollution. I’m so sad. The Northern Lights are a bucket list item for me.
"Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you've got a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies-"God damn it, you've got to be kind.”
We couldn't see it at our house even though people in our town could.
H took the kids 45 minutes north and they could see it but not bright colors.
I don't get it!
It’s sort of like “seeing a ghost”
For us here, we could see some faint moving lights with the naked eye, some discoloration in the night sky.
This is a perfect description of what it looked like to me. I was calling and texting friends and kept saying “I’m not seeing anything as bright as what people are posting. What I’m seeing is sort of like when NASA sends a picture -it’s like a pink Milky Way. “ Your description is way better, lol. But AMAZING. I never dreamed I’d see them from my house in the Southeast.
I didn't realize they would be visible here. Apparently there were good views from like 3 am to 4:30. I've seen people's pictures and wish I'd known to set an alarm.
Theoretically they might be visible again tonight but its supposed to start raining at some point, so not sure the weather will cooperate.
Post by RoxMonster on May 11, 2024 10:18:29 GMT -5
I’m so disappointed we didn’t get to see them. All the meteorologists were saying they would be visible after 10 in our area but would be too cloudy so I kind of forgot about it. Then at 10:30, saw pics from our city of amazing lights from an hour prior. H and I drove out to the country but it was too cloudy by then ☹️ I was so sad because this has been a bucket list item for years.
Crossing my fingers for tonight but I think we’re too far south.
I can see them when I take pictures, but not with a naked eye. Friends a town over claim they could see after letting their eyes adjust, but I laid outside for 10 minutes and I could get a vague sense of where to point my phone, but couldn't actually see them.
I'm letting it get a bit darker and then heading out again.
Also, as if I didn't hate my dog neighbors enough already, they've left their bright ass back porch light on. 🙄
A friend of mine was in a rural town about 45 min from me last night and she was able to see them with a naked eye. I'm thinking it might have to do with the amount of light pollution?
Maybe, but the description of it like being a ghost is really apt.
As it got later in the night I could see what looked like whispy smoke, and when I pointed my camera in that spot and took a picture it was pretty vibrant. I could also see a pink glow around the trees, and a bit a of a green glow lower in the sky.