Everyone has probably heard about the big solar storm that was supposed to make the aurora phenomenon visible further away from the earth's poles than usual. I live too far south (≈35°N) of the North Pole for the aurora to be visible under most circumstances. I've always wanted to see the aurora but haven't been able. So, I didn't hold much hope for anything here until I read a story from National Public Radio (NPR) on their website, where Rob Steenburgh from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is quoted as saying:
"And don't forget to go outside and look up... A faint aurora can be detected by a modern cell phone camera, he adds, so even if you can't see it with your eyes, try taking a photo of the sky." [source]
I was highly encouraged by his statement that a cellphone camera might show something, even if my eyes could not detect anything. So, I decided to try it! The next two photos were taken just after midnight (0400 UTC) on 11-May-2024.
Nothing was visible to my naked eye, not even the tiniest bit of aurora. But making a snap with "Night Mode" on my Samsung Note20 phone revealed a lovely reddish glow to the northern sky! There is no town or anything else in that direction which could have produced such a glow, so I am certain it is from the aurora!
Moving a short distance down my driveway to get a different perspective resulted in the above shot. The greenish glow at bottom is from a mercury vapor street lamp, while the white light at lower-right is a neighbor's house illuminated by his way-too-bright garage lights. Still, the reddish glow of the aurora is visible, even with the other lights somewhat polluting the scene! I was thrilled with both of those photos!
Ideally, I should have driven to a darker location without any street lamps or house-lights nearby. However, I was asked to fill-in as substitute judge in the LadiesOfHive contest very late in the week (due to an unforeseen circumstance arising in the regular judge's life) and I was desperatively trying to get caught-up on the 100+ posts that had been submitted! So, I deemed even a short trip up the road to be undesirable under the circumstances.
However, last night after my weekly LadiesOfHive contest duties were finished, I drove about a kilometer (0.67 mile) up the road and around a corner to a good vantage spot. There were a few houses nearby, but they were mostly dark that time of night, there were no street lights, and it was atop a small hill, so it was perfect! However, I was not treated to a second night of aurora activity as the northern sky was dark again, as usual.
I did manage to get a decent shot of the constellation Cassiopeia, though, hanging over the northeastern horizon! So, my brief trip to the top of the hill wasn't in vain! I love the night sky, whether it's stars or Mother Moon, so this was still a treat even without the aurora. 💜
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1 NPR.org: "Huge solar storm is keeping power grid and satellite operators on edge"
12-May-2024
You got some beautiful pictures there and I also heard about it and was trying to see it here.
But we never could see it, but cool the camera can do that in the dark. Love how the sky got that redish color 😍 hope to see it myself someday.
Thank you for sharing and Good captured Kitty.
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I would have thought where you live, at latitudes closer to the North Pole than I am, that you would have seen it in years past! 😮
Higher up in the Country many saw it but here we couldn't 🙄 sadly..
But hopefully someday we can see it here to. But for now glad to enjoy pictures like yours 🥰
I've seen friends and relatives in Canada share their aurora photos. It's beautiful.
Your photos look great, too. The constellation photo at the end is 👌💫
Thank you so much! 😊
I tried for two straight nights to see it. No luck at all.
It was a fine Light Show, it just needed a little dramatic music here on the West Coast in BC.
That would be nice, if Mother Nature supplied music, too! 😁
Nice I am jelly, didn't get any around here, at least on the naked eye like you :(
I'm so glad you got to see at least a little of it the first night! I was so dog tired Friday night after my mad push to get a proposal finished that I was in bed by 9. Saturday night we were supposed to be able to see it between 9 & 10, and we just happened to be coming home from an evening with friends at that time, so I pointed my cellphone camera northward and saw only the faintest green glow. I took a pic, but it was more for posterity than anything exciting to see. 😄 I'm at about 36 degrees north, FWIW.
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oooooh, you saw green! That's awesome! 😃
They say it isn't easy being green... 😂
Since yesterday I'm seeing people sharing aurora's photos and it is such a beautiful phenomena I want to witness once in this life.
You're lucky living in that place and listening to radio that day. It must've looked much better in real life I believe, can tell from the red in the photos.
Tho I'm Curious to know how often this big solar storm happen? Like any chance of witnessing this again this year?
Here was cloudy but still visible
oh, that is beautiful! Excellent shot! 😃
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In the Netherlands, many people have seen it but unfortunately, I missed the opportunity. Even in Kharkiv Ukraine, many people have seen this aurora. It was really nice...
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Beautiful photos, sis!
I missed it! !LOL
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I like that you explained the various sources of light for the second picture as I was already wondering where they came from.
The views are actually a sight to behold, had I known I would have tried to capture from my own end but I missed the update.
I'm glad I mentioned the other sources of light in the shot, then! I almost didn't mention them! 😆
I know exactly how you feel about the Aurora Borealis. I never thought I'd ever get to see it either, but on Friday night, oh my! I took 45 pictures of the amazing phenomenon! Thanks for sharing!🤗💜 !LADY
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45 pics...? Oh, wow, I need to visit your blog now! 😁
Lol! I didn't post all 45 on there, but Friday's post is the one to look at. Take care @thekittygirl!🤗💜 !LADY
Aurora was visible in many areas of Ukraine which is absolutely unusual, and I wish I could see it too but I wasn't so lucky ))
It is one of my wildest desires to look at the sky at a place where there is no light pollution. In the metropolitan city like ours there is no way to witness the twinkiling of stars, let alone the arora 😕.
The photos you took are beautiful. It's amazing to find out that our mobile camera may help us see what we cannot otherwise. I think it depends on the quality of camera though, doesn't it?
Yeah, it never hurts to try 🙂
I guess it's more visible in Finland hehe.. would be a great experience if I see it before my eyes...
yes, waaaaaay up in Finland where the reindeer live is probably ideal! 😁
Never stepped out and looked for the skies like how word spread out about the geomagnetic storm, stuff like is something the northern and southern hemispheres get to see but damn those pictures look amazing and ethereal.
Thank you so much! 😊
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It really seems incredible to me that you have taken such beautiful images, I congratulate you and I must say that I felt a little envy, but in a bad way, since one of my dreams has been to be able to see the northern lights, except that I am in Venezuela and it is difficult, but I keep dreaming, nothing is impossible, thank you for your beautiful photographs
Thank you! I hope you will see it one day! 💜
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Could see a faint glow here, but wasn't sure what to pass it off as. Was not the awesome rainbow wisps I seen up North.
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wow what a great shot, even though it was night but the photo was very interesting, I really enjoyed it, thank you for sharing.
It often happens that we cannot see the action around us but it is captured in the lens of the camera. You have nicely captured Aurora for 2 days and concluded. You seem to be very curious about the movement of the universe and the sky. Your post is full of knowledge for me as I had no knowledge about Aurora. @thekittygirl
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