Anyone see the Northern Lights last night?

[oregonjen]

My app alerted me and I went out in the backyard. Couldn’t see them with my eyes, but my camera did. Got some pretty pics.
Also saw some shooting stars from the Perseid meteor shower. Stuff like this really brings life into perspective, our little blue dot floating in the universe, how magical it really is.

[AllaN01Bear]

1. nope. what app.?

[oregonjen]

2. "My Aurora Forecast and Alerts"

I read about it in a weather group on Facebook back in May during the last huge Aurora event.

[AllaN01Bear]

6. thanks .

[sorcrow]

3. I did

It rained like crazy here in VT around eight o'clock last night. So I figured, once again, no meteor show. But I got up about around one to let the dogs out, incredible clear skies with just a hint of the aurora. Over the next half hour, they brightened while I watched for shooting stars. Saw a few, then went back to bed.

Best regards,
Sorghum Crow

[oregonjen]

4. Nice!

[bif]

5. I think the Perseid Meteor shower started last night as well.

[ZoltarSpeaks]

7. I captured this on my AllSky camera overnight

This was a nice surprise when I reviewed the summary in the morning. The activity starts about halfway through the short video with a burst of something bright that overexposed the camera for several frames.

[electric_blue68]

8. Oh, so Beautiful! Ty

[oregonjen]

11. Wow! And the meteor shower, too. Thanks for sharing!

[electric_blue68]

9. Oh, I knew it wasn't going down as far as NYC. (yet, again)Sigh...

which is a very rare occurance.

But my mom, and her family were sleeping on the rooftop of their apt building in Manhattan in the summer heat sometime in the very early 1930's.
They noticed a red glow start to form north west of them.. Sometime after that the full "curtains" danced across the sky. Amazing!

And my dad like 35 yrs later saw them in Seattle during a business trip.

I use Aurora Forecast from the Geopbysical Institute of Alaska University.
And they should know!

[oregonjen]

10. Nice story!

Would love to see them without city lights getting muting them.

[electric_blue68]

12. TY. I'd be happy to glimpse them, even if muted.