OMG! The aurora borealis is out

[flex]

I can actually see them from my front porch!!  ::runs back outside::

[lintscreen]

Oct 13, 2016 7:17:25 GMT -5 flex said:

I can actually see them from my front porch!!  ::runs back outside::

Pic?

[candreco]

JEALOUS.

Seriously, seeing the northern lights is on my bucket list.

[flex]

This doesn't even do it justice.   I wish I had one of those fancy cameras.

[flex]

I'm up much earlier than I normally am because traveling, but what a gift! : )

[lilac05]

❤️❤️ Glad there was a bright side to having to be up so early!

[AutumnRose25]

We saw some really amazing ones in Iceland last month, so jealous you can just sit on your porch

[fivechickens]

That is awesome!

[Waffles]

So jealous!

[Que?]

I miss that about living up north. I miss big open skies and stars in general.

[usuallylurking]

I remember the first time I saw them! I called H (I was coming home from getting our pizza) and pretty much just kept saying "this is SO COOL" over and over to him, lol. Then I turned into our driveway and a moose was standing there. It was a very Alaskan evening.

[kitkat2613]

They've been out here lots of nights this fall, too.  A couple weeks ago, I saw them every night when I was out on the field.  They're so cool to watch. 

[cjcouple]

Awesome!! I would love to see that one day.
Do they really move and shimmer?

[thatgirl2478]

how far north do you live? I think we're too far south in Central IL.

[waffletime]

Oct 13, 2016 9:27:26 GMT -5 Que? said:

I miss that about living up north. I miss big open skies and stars in general.

Seriously. Went from rural Canada to living in a city in Arkansas. I can't see anything here in comparison.

[kitkat2613]

Oct 13, 2016 10:05:59 GMT -5 cjcouple said:

Awesome!! I would love to see that one day.
Do they really move and shimmer?

Yes.  Sometimes we just get what I call, very scientifically, the 'glowy kind', where it is just a greenish glow in the north.  But there is also the dancing kind, where they move and change colour.  It's very cool, but also sort of eerie. 

[Que?]

Oct 13, 2016 10:17:16 GMT -5 waffletime said:

Oct 13, 2016 9:27:26 GMT -5 Que? said:

I miss that about living up north. I miss big open skies and stars in general.

Seriously. Went from rural Canada to living in a city in Arkansas. I can't see anything here in comparison.

I live in the mountains, so sometimes the stars are amazing, but it's rare, and it's just not the same. There is nothing like a big country sky.

[escrow]

Oct 13, 2016 7:25:49 GMT -5 candreco said:

JEALOUS.

Seriously, seeing the northern lights is on my bucket list.

Me toooooooo! So jealous.

[flex]

The northern lights do dance and change colors. The farther north you go, the more vivid the colors, like red, etc.

I was amazed I could see them so well (the picture is way too dim) with the city lights and all. I can just imagine they were spectacular from the hillside.

[flex]

Oct 13, 2016 10:07:55 GMT -5 thatgirl2478 said:

how far north do you live? I think we're too far south in Central IL.

I'm in Anchorage: Southcentral Alaska.

[kitkat2613]

Oct 13, 2016 10:55:19 GMT -5 flex said:

The northern lights do dance and change colors. The farther north you go, the more vivid the colors, like red, etc.

I was amazed I could see them so well (the picture is way too dim) with the city lights and all. I can just imagine they were spectacular from the hillside.

There are a couple downsides to living on the prairies (like the foot of snow we've had in the last week, boooo), but the vast sky, either day or night, and general lack of city lights to block the stars is a definite bonus.

[thatgirl2478]

Oct 13, 2016 10:57:13 GMT -5 flex said:

Oct 13, 2016 10:07:55 GMT -5 thatgirl2478 said:

how far north do you live? I think we're too far south in Central IL.

I'm in Anchorage: Southcentral Alaska.

That's.... pretty far north!
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[MixedBerryJam]

Oct 13, 2016 7:49:59 GMT -5 AutumnRose25 said:

We saw some really amazing ones in Iceland last month, so jealous you can just sit on your porch

Now you have me jealous! I think I was there a week or two before you, but we had complete overcast every day and night the entire time so I didn't even bother looking!

[justkly]

Oct 13, 2016 10:55:19 GMT -5 flex said:

The northern lights do dance and change colors. The farther north you go, the more vivid the colors, like red, etc.

I was amazed I could see them so well (the picture is way too dim) with the city lights and all. I can just imagine they were spectacular from the hillside.

They were extremely intense in North Pole this morning. Lots of pinks and purples. My H even called me around 05:00 to wake me up and tell me to look outside. He rarely gets to see them because he doesn't like to go outside with me to see them in the middle of the night.

Flex, are they not visible in Anchorage more often?

[flex]

Oct 13, 2016 13:08:13 GMT -5 justkly said:

Oct 13, 2016 10:55:19 GMT -5 flex said:

The northern lights do dance and change colors. The farther north you go, the more vivid the colors, like red, etc.

I was amazed I could see them so well (the picture is way too dim) with the city lights and all. I can just imagine they were spectacular from the hillside.

They were extremely intense in North Pole this morning. Lots of pinks and purples. My H even called me around 05:00 to wake me up and tell me to look outside. He rarely gets to see them because he doesn't like to go outside with me to see them in the middle of the night.

Flex, are they not visible in Anchorage more often?

They are visible quite often, but it's usually between 1-4 a.m., which is NOT my MO!  lol  And the city lights don't help if you want to get  a good viewing.

Like I said before they are more intense color-wise the farther north you go.  Even in Talkeetna, which is 100 miles north from Anchorage, has more intense colors than what can be seen in Anchorage.

[MixedBerryJam]

Oct 13, 2016 13:08:13 GMT -5 justkly said:

Oct 13, 2016 10:55:19 GMT -5 flex said:

The northern lights do dance and change colors. The farther north you go, the more vivid the colors, like red, etc.

I was amazed I could see them so well (the picture is way too dim) with the city lights and all. I can just imagine they were spectacular from the hillside.

They were extremely intense in North Pole this morning. Lots of pinks and purples. My H even called me around 05:00 to wake me up and tell me to look outside. He rarely gets to see them because he doesn't like to go outside with me to see them in the middle of the night.

Flex, are they not visible in Anchorage more often?

Mrs. Claus? Is that you? ::eyes widen::

[nachos]

Inuit legend says that if you whistle for them, they will dance for you.

We usually see the pinks, oranges and greens here. They are amazing.

[spedrunner]

im so jealous! Yet so excited. My dad and I are planning an alaska trip next year!

[sawyerthedestroyer]

Seeing this in real life is on my bucket list.

[justkly]

Oct 13, 2016 16:44:15 GMT -5 MixedBerryJam said:

Oct 13, 2016 13:08:13 GMT -5 justkly said:

They were extremely intense in North Pole this morning. Lots of pinks and purples. My H even called me around 05:00 to wake me up and tell me to look outside. He rarely gets to see them because he doesn't like to go outside with me to see them in the middle of the night.

Flex, are they not visible in Anchorage more often?

Mrs. Claus? Is that you? ::eyes widen::

It's no joke. All of our street poles are candy canes and our mayor is listed as Santa Claus on his birth certificate!

abcnews.go.com/US/santa-claus-elected-north-pole-city-council/story?id=34482691