Northern Lights!

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I had never seen them before, so beautiful!

Shropshire!

Definitely tonight. I know what you mean but this time easily visible to the eye. Dancing lights and everything. Stunning. That is a bucket list item ticked off.

Another one from Shropshire

It's too cloudy here in Berkshire.

Cloudy as usual in Manchester

In Ireland and they just look like haze but when we took a picture the geeen came through! Fantastic!

How lovely! Cloudy in north Hampshire.

Oh that’s beautiful!
Nothing here in dank, dark Essex.
We saw them about 18 months ago, loved it, managed to not sleep through them!

I paid a fortune to go to Norway to see them. 12 hours after I arrived I was told they were there for 48 hours just before I arrived

still cloudy in the north wast

Mid Suffolk too

What time was this? I am near that area, and the sky is quite clear, and I am seeing nothing. I did see them last year though, twice, so am OK with not seeing them tonight, but I don't see them now.

It was 22:17! Couldn’t see much with the naked eye though. My iPhone did a good job of capturing the colours.

Also Cornwall

I thought I had seen them, but it turns out my local football club puts their floodlights on to help the grass grow and in mist this creates a Northern Lights like-effect.

Ah ha, that'll be it. I could see strips of what appeared to be cloud(s) across the sky looking north/north east, but not really any colour tbh. I pointed my camera towards the 'clouds' and snapped away on different settings and have got some bits of colour, but I could see very little with the naked eye. Well, very little colour anyway. I guess that must have been the northern lights... Or what is left of them anyway.

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Oh poo - we have full cloud cover here, but we did see them once before.

I'm gutted. I'm away for a hospital appointment with one of the DC. It's wet and cloudy here, photos from home are absolutely stunning 😭

Maybe this explains why my 3 cats have been acting strangely all evening. Wanting to go out, in, out, in again, annoying each other and generally being a nuisance. Perhaps they could sense it.

Strange, mine too! Wouldn't settle at all!

For those disappointed that you don’t see anything with the naked eye - don’t be! If there is a chance of aurora in your area, always snap away with your camera.

I cannot remember, or understand, the explanations around it. Something about how our eyes process light and colour at the same time can make it harder to see them. Whereas the camera can filter out the battle between light and colour.

My mum did a trip to see the NL a few years ago. She said that what they could see with the naked eye was more like white swirls in the sky, but the guy do8ng the photography showed them what the camera picks up.

I “saw” them in east anglia May 2024, was definitely a bucket list tick for me. This thread has reminded me that I need to download the alert app, gutted I’ve missed this tonight. Beautiful photos from those that saw it, lucky buggers!

Was too cloudy here last night but I saw a good show a few months ago

I do understand that but it’s a bit shit isn’t it? You’re not seeing them if you have to take a photo. May as well stay in bed and google photos of them 😆 come on Mother Nature, do better!

I forgot to put the bin out until I had already changed into my PJs and went out very reluctantly and grumpily, then saw the band of green light along the northern skyline. Turned, and the whole sky to the west was glowing red.

Amazing unexpected gift from the universe..

What alert are people using? I’d love to see them, but always seem to find out after the event!

There's a few one I use is my Aurora forecast and alerts

Really strong over Ireland last night. Got some beautiful pictures