Aurora Borealis Tonight- Go Outside

[mcmel]

Get as far north as you can. Go as dark as you can. Look at the sky through your phone. Learn how to take a picture using a long exposure and use a phone tripod if you have one.

Go out as soon as the sun sets all the way until about 3 am.

Good luck!

[dexteroni]

This is such an aggressive order. Lol. I’m at the edge of the viewing area so I don’t know if I’ll be able to see them, but my goodness I hope you can!

[mcmel]

Oct 10, 2024 16:11:16 GMT -5 dexteroni said:

This is such an aggressive order. Lol. I’m at the edge of the viewing area so I don’t know if I’ll be able to see them, but my goodness I hope you can!

Lol!!

With all my love,
Mcmel ♥️

[fernweh]

Are they going to be visible more than just tonight?

[Roc A Bee]

I’m flying into. CLE tonight. Is this real possibility for me?

[underwaterrhymes]

Oct 10, 2024 16:35:18 GMT -5 Roc A Bee said:

I’m flying into. CLE tonight. Is this real possibility for me?

Yes. The numbers look great for tonight. You may be able to see them from the plane if you’re coming in after dark.

[underwaterrhymes]

Oct 10, 2024 16:34:00 GMT -5 fernweh said:

Are they going to be visible more than just tonight?

Maybe tomorrow too. But the aurora is tricky. It’s hard to predict. Right now the numbers are great, but we won’t know for sure until it’s dark.

[Roc A Bee]

Oct 10, 2024 16:36:45 GMT -5 underwaterrhymes said:

Oct 10, 2024 16:35:18 GMT -5 Roc A Bee said:

I’m flying into. CLE tonight. Is this real possibility for me?

Yes. The numbers look great for tonight. You may be able to see them from the plane if you’re coming in after dark.

Well shit. I land at 11:15pm so yes!

My family lives maybe 20 minutes from the city but it might as well be the sticks. It’s very dark!

[mcmel]

To put it into perspective, I’m in central Arkansas and photographers are gearing up. If you are anywhere along the same latitude or above me, make plans.

[mcmel]

Oct 10, 2024 16:38:34 GMT -5 Roc A Bee said:

Oct 10, 2024 16:36:45 GMT -5 underwaterrhymes said:

Yes. The numbers look great for tonight. You may be able to see them from the plane if you’re coming in after dark.

Well shit. I land at 11:15pm so yes!

My family lives maybe 20 minutes from the city but it might as well be the sticks. It’s very dark!

Pull the window cover down so that it’s only open enough for your phone to fit. If you have it wide open, the lights from inside the plane will make a glare off the outermost glass.

[underwaterrhymes]

Oct 10, 2024 16:38:34 GMT -5 Roc A Bee said:

Oct 10, 2024 16:36:45 GMT -5 underwaterrhymes said:

Yes. The numbers look great for tonight. You may be able to see them from the plane if you’re coming in after dark.

Well shit. I land at 11:15pm so yes!

My family lives maybe 20 minutes from the city but it might as well be the sticks. It’s very dark!

Perfect! You want low light!

This one looks possibly as good as the one in May. We missed that one because we were sick, so we are super amped about this one.

[styme46]

I've seen them through my phone a couple times here but we have a mountain directly north of us so it hasn't been anything spectacular.

I think I might load ds up and go toward sschool town tonight to try though, depending on how early we need to be up for his basketball game tomorrow.

[underwaterrhymes]

If the numbers stay like they are, this could be absolutely spectacular. KP is up around 7 (which is great), and the Bz is -50 right now which is incredible. Speed and density are also high (over 600 and around 20 respectively, which also bode really well.)

There is more to it than that - I’m not a scientist - but I’ve been looking at Northern Lights pages since last weekend and I’m really excited. lol

[snapoutofit]

I am in central MA. I just took these from my patio. It’s gorgeous!

[cjcouple]

I'm in northern CT and can see them with my naked eye. Not super bright but definitely pink and green streaks. last time I needed my camera.

[scm1011]

Saw them a few miles outside Boston! So cool!

[mags]

I'm in NJ I have nothing, my sister 20 min. away has been sending me gorgeous shots.

[beerlover]

[expectantsteelerfan]

We just went outside and looked, but couldn't see anything. All my local fb friends are posting pictures (they mostly live 1 town over), but I'm not sure if it's just visible with a long exposure camera shot, or we're just not in a good place in our area to see them. I even made ds download a compass app to make sure we were looking north.

[styme46]

Oct 10, 2024 19:26:07 GMT -5 expectantsteelerfan said:

We just went outside and looked, but couldn't see anything. All my local fb friends are posting pictures (they mostly live 1 town over), but I'm not sure if it's just visible with a long exposure camera shot, or we're just not in a good place in our area to see them. I even made ds download a compass app to make sure we were looking north.

Put your camera in night mode, then make sure you actually look at the picture! That is how I've had to do it the last 2 times I've seen them!

I'm anxiously waiting for it to get dark here!

[jinkies]

We could see pink with the naked eye-- definitely more vibrant on camera and the green was seen with the camera only.

[mofongo]

What about the Deep South? Why does that always capitalize?!

[mcmel]

Oct 10, 2024 20:44:28 GMT -5 mofongo said:

What about the Deep South? Why does that always capitalize?!

Maybe ProBoards was created by the same person as who made the movie Little Nicky.

I would keep an eye out on your fb and see if any of your friends are posting pics before traveling if you’re in Louisiana.

[kdubs923]

This was about 2 hours ago in Northern RI. I’ve never seen the colors so vibrant! Definitely noticeable without a camera.

[gummybear]

I got a great pic in our yard of all places. Then I made H drive to bumblefuck northwest with far less light pollution but I guess the deep colors peaked early and we didn’t really see anything. But it was very exciting to see it at home!

[underwaterrhymes]

Really amazing out there tonight. The boys thought it was cool for a bit and ran around on the beach, but then they got bored because it was mostly just camera-visible at first. (You could see the aurora as a filmy white cloudy thing, but only the camera picked up the color.)

But then as we were driving home, I saw there was a substorm, so we pulled off to a local park and were able to see it with our eyes too. So freaking cool.

[RoxMonster]

Absolutely amazing! We were able to see the pink faintly with our naked eye. Got some photos of the most vibrant pink around 9:00 and earlier tonight got some purple and green. It’s on my bucket list my whole adult life to see the Aurora and I never thought I’d get to see them so vibrantly from IL. I’m so giddy right now.

[lilac05]

We could see them with the naked eye in Iowa. They were visible from near St Louis, too!

[luckystar2]

Right around 7:30 they were out at my house which is crazy! We have SO much light pollution I can’t believe I saw them there.



Then I decided to meet a friend at the lake to get better pics. We went in May and it was amazing so I had high hopes. But it was a bust when we got there. Everything had died down. I stayed for a while and just as I was walking away I made my last look. The sky erupted and the huge crowd of people literally cheered and clapped! It was unbelievable!! I got to see red aurora!

[mysteriouswife]

We were able to see it this time! Such an amazing experiences


I have a friend who moved to Alaska. He has been poking fun of everyone from our group who is posting pictures. He is posting a picture with the caption “I got a great shot too!” Obviously, his is way more intense and colorful.