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Anyone watching for Northern Lights tonight?

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GlueNoGlue · 10/05/2024 21:57

It’s supposed to be a perfect night to see them in the U.K. the combination of the solar flare and the clear sky means they’re potentially visible from anywhere in the U.K. Just wondering if I’m the only one staring out the window hoping to see something!

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romany4 · 10/05/2024 23:53

Watching them in my garden in Rural Wakefield

TheFormidableMrsC · 10/05/2024 23:53

Forgot to add pic!

Anyone watching for Northern Lights tonight?

TheFormidableMrsC · 10/05/2024 23:50

I'm in North Herts. I am absolutely astonished. What a stunning sight!

ColdBanana · 10/05/2024 23:50

It’s wonderful!

AnneShirleysNewDress · 10/05/2024 23:47

RowanRowan · 10/05/2024 23:45

It’s quite cloudy here but still visible.

Stunning 😍

BloddersMum · 10/05/2024 23:46

Nottinghamshire 😍

AnneShirleysNewDress · 10/05/2024 23:46

Wrong photo posted earlier.

RowanRowan · 10/05/2024 23:45

It’s quite cloudy here but still visible.

Dunnoburt · 10/05/2024 23:45

I don't want to go to bed...... up north your pictures are 😍

JennyForeigner · 10/05/2024 23:45

Just taken the kids out to see them over Nottingham! I used to live north of Aberdeen and never saw them once, and now here they are. Glorious.

Justme10 · 10/05/2024 23:43

West of Scotland

Aysh86 · 10/05/2024 23:43

Beautiful ones here in Edinburgh

MrsALambert · 10/05/2024 23:43

Cambridgeshire

Dunnoburt · 10/05/2024 23:41

Spectacular in Wiltshire...... been on my bucket list for years..... breath taking

TokyoSushi · 10/05/2024 23:41

Warrington, my first ever time seeing them, amazing!

Benjaminsniddlegrass · 10/05/2024 23:41

Looks like there's a crack in the universe over Shropshire....

AnneShirleysNewDress · 10/05/2024 23:40

I'm in the central belt in Scotland.

MrsAvocet · 10/05/2024 23:37

We have just arrived home (Cumbria) and can see some glowing with the naked eye. DH and DS are in the garden with cameras at the moment but I have had a crazily busy day so I'll wait to see them in the morning - I'm off to bed! Our local Facebook groups are all filling up with photos now and it looks like lots of people are getting good ones.

WingBingo · 10/05/2024 23:37

I can see them with the naked eye. Camera does show them up more though.

usually when you see an amazing sky and take a picture, it never does it justice, so this is a welcome aspect.

fashionqueen0123 · 10/05/2024 23:36

Lesleyknopeswaffleiron · 10/05/2024 23:31

I’ve been going out onto the park on my street every 20 mins for the last hour, in my jammies, like a total eejit. Too much light pollution. I think I got a shimmer of green but might try again later

(also my DS was up three times last night so I am knackered and should be asleep but too excited for the lights. Never seen them. Don’t want to miss my chance!)

Try with your phone camera!

fc123 · 10/05/2024 23:34

GlueNoGlue · 10/05/2024 22:28

@StiggyZardust @Riverlee so can you see nothing with your eyes and only see with the camera? How do you know where to point?

I can see them only through my phone. I'm down south on the coast facing Nirth

Lesleyknopeswaffleiron · 10/05/2024 23:31

(also my DS was up three times last night so I am knackered and should be asleep but too excited for the lights. Never seen them. Don’t want to miss my chance!)

lairyfights9 · 10/05/2024 23:31

Off outside to look as soon as ds stops feeding!

Poppity3 · 10/05/2024 23:30

They’re visible in the North west too!

GreenShady · 10/05/2024 23:29

Sorry that was a terrible one

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