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Abefroman

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Looks like a warning that pride month is coming. I thought that shit was supposed to be green? Even solar storms are fucking gay.
 
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MusicForFish

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An out of control fire meets last night's show. Taken in northern Alberta, Canada last night.
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Kajiimagi

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Kharzette said:
The sun is coming up here. I checked during the night several times and never could see anything. I guess I'm too far south.
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Try putting your cell phone on a tripod or holding it really still and take a shot in dark/night mode. That's how I got the shots I posted. That wasn't what you see with the naked eye.
 
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Aldarion

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Crystal clear but nothing visible to the naked eye in OR last night, bummer. Not an interesting phenomenon if it only shows up as an artifact of long exposure photography.
 
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From my front deck....

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Thought this one was cool because it has the big dipper in it.

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MusicForFish

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Aldarion said:
Crystal clear but nothing visible to the naked eye in OR last night, bummer. Not an interesting phenomenon if it only shows up as an artifact of long exposure photography.
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The field stabilized last evening and it suppressed the aurora bigly. Might have a chance to catch the last CME tonight again.
 
Kajiimagi

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Big fat bust here in Southern NV last night. I did read that they are expecting another storm tonight. I will 100% be looking. I'm like a kid at Christmas with this.
 
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Kajiimagi

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Well I'm getting zip , been looking every half hour or so since it got dark. Pretty bummed. I didn't set my telescope up since it was going to solar storm and I get better pics with my cell phone
 
Lambourne

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I drove out to a dark farm road at midnight and I didn't see shit either, and I'm further north than anyone in the lower 48.
 
Kharzette

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I wasn't really going to bother tonight, but there's this bird outside tweeting away like the sun is coming up at 1am so I went outside. There might be a very very slight glow in the north but it could just be street lights. I can barely see any stars.
 
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lgarthy said:
The most likely event from Earth will be the ability to see the Northern lights at more southern latitudes.
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Sounds like it was pointed away from us enough that it wont make auroras as large as last week, unfortunately.

It's been mostly cloudy here and with a clear sky tonight, I was hoping it might reach north Texas again (allegedly).
 
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I guess we still don't know for sure, next year may give more data, but turns out maybe Carrington type events have been overhyped in their potential for shutting down civilization? Will be interesting to see upcoming studies talking about this one
 
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Cybsled

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I guess we still don't know for sure, next year may give more data, but turns out maybe Carrington type events have been overhyped in their potential for shutting down civilization? Will be interesting to see upcoming studies talking about this one
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Hard to say. One thing to keep in mind is they’ve been working to make the grid more fortified against these types of events for over a decade, so it is just as possible that enhancements mitigated damage. Alternatively, there may have been other factors that played into massive electronic disruption like Carrington beyond just a large CME unto itself
 
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