Friends got better photos by leaving the city, and if this ever happens again I might do that. But then, I still feel that any recordings of immobile auroras only visible with night mode are far inferior to the real ones they have up north. Though, if I saw those I'd think "well, there are even brighter lights in the Yukon" or "Iceland" and on and on.
So here are my very lame suburban St. Louis Northern lights. But lights, nonetheless.
You can barely see a pink glow above the trees, and maybe a green glow behind them.
This was a weird lavender shade, even later at night.
There's a little pink running from the top of the tree in the left down to the cluster of trees in the middle. One may need to embiggen.
I'm okay with my lame photos. Like I said, someone else will always have better ones.
I love seeing photos of this - thanks for posting them.
I have failed three times now to see these northern lights. Each time they have presented themselves in my area I've been too involved in trying to save democracy, and so too exhausted to take the time. The most recent time, after a long day, I did go outside to look, and even remembered to look through my phone camera, but got nothing. I think this phenomenon is only for those who have eyes to see (which I do not) and maybe for those far enough away from light pollution (which I am not).
Posted by: CHM | October 15, 2024 at 08:39 AM
Congratulations! They visited here, but we missed them because they showed up at 7pm and forgot to knock, and we didn't look out the door until 10pm, which was the earliest they were "supposed" to show up...
Posted by: KC | October 15, 2024 at 10:59 AM
CHM - I was really surprised to find I saw the most distinct lights when I looked west, which is where the long-range wilderness lies in my area.
KC - Oh I learned that "Hey-I'm-here-early" lesson last time. Not buying that again.
Posted by: theQueen | October 15, 2024 at 01:15 PM