Reply With QuoteI'm on a campsite in Pembokeshire and it's beautiful, literally beautiful!Originally Posted by sprite1275
Anyone watching it? I cant believe the light show were getting in midlands.
Last edited by sprite1275; 11th May 2024 at 19:43.
I'm on a campsite in Pembokeshire and it's beautiful, literally beautiful!
Never seen anything like it. Lapland was good but mostly green. This is stunning.
Difficult to escape light pollution on the London borders, but I have taken a walk onto the local golf course and it is now evident in red and green streaks.
Someone is going to call the police on me soon, haha
Luckily we have fields out back. This is above my house.
It’s amazing.
I first saw it in Lapland, then an amazing show in Iceland but what I am seeing in Wiltshire beats both of them.
Never seen it pink before!
Yes, from the bedroom window, amazing.
Last edited by cbh; 11th May 2024 at 00:12.
Triffids arrive tomorrow...
"Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it's enemy action."
'Populism, the last refuge of a Tory scoundrel'.
Even down in Dorset. Wow.
I am rather jealous. Nothing visible here in NW London. :-(
This is northeast Iowa, about 42.5 N (approximately same latitude as Rome):
Last edited by williemays; 11th May 2024 at 19:43.
Our local facebook pages (Cornwall) are full of spectacular pics from last night.
That’s what I told the wife!
We caught a tiny bit of it on the south coast
But my brother in North Yorkshire had a better show!
Went driving up a local hill, it was stunning , a huge arch of light from the North East to the North West. Just visible as a reddish glow with the naked eye , then using an iphone on night setting it was stunning.
Gratuitous MX5 inclusion as this is TZ
Last edited by higham5; 11th May 2024 at 08:10.
Aurora is back tonight. Anyone know if it is going to be a strong and still dip as far south.
Edit : found my answer
https://aurorawatch.lancs.ac.uk/
Last edited by noTAGlove; 11th May 2024 at 12:09.
From our garden last night.
When you look long into an abyss, the abyss looks long into you.........
Some fantastic photos in this thread, thank-you. This one isn't in that category unfortunately, and the phone made it a lot more obvious than it was to the naked eye. Too much light pollution to the north I think (Coalville). From NW Leics.
Nice pics and we got a good show up here.
However, if I recall correctly, back in the 70s the sky looked like that most Friday nights
Gutted I missed it …
It's back tonight.
Is this actually what you could see with the naked eye or have your cameras / phones set on night-mode enhanced theses?
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The phone significantly enhances what you see with the naked eye.
But, that said, what you see is pretty magical.
FYI, NOAA provide the most accurate forecast, but it is only a 30 minute window.
Apparently Aurora borealis was visible as far south as S. Arizona in the US, and Aurora australis as far north as Queensland in Aus.
Lincolnshire managed a decent effort -
Best I've seen in the UK by far!
Good chance it'll be On tonight as well
North West last night
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On the correct settings (largely automatic with 'phones), cameras are massively more sensitive to photons than human eyes . . . makes you think that owls and suchlike probably see this all the time!
This thread is best viewed whilst listening to Mark Knopfler playing "Going Home".
......or watching Local Hero.
Definitely enhanced but what I could see last night was unbelievable. Saw it in Lapland (northern) and yes was magical but it didn't stand out to the naked eye as this did last night in the Midlands! I couldn't believe what I was seeing in my back garden!
Surprisingly got a pretty great view in South London, out on an aerodrome at 2am granted... took some effort to escape artificial light!
Visible but very muted by eye, but through a camera it was wonderful. This was using 1-second exposure on an APS-C camera.
Anything happening tonight (Sat?). Ah I see it is! Bit further south here in the Iberian peninsula but will keep an eye out.
Some great photos.
Last edited by MartynJC (UK); 11th May 2024 at 20:59.
“ Ford... you're turning into a penguin. Stop it.” HHGTTG
Good chance again tonight Martyn - will post if there is anything.
When you look long into an abyss, the abyss looks long into you.........
Anyone seeing anything yet?
Been out over the last 10 minutes and cant see them , tried the iphone but nothing, guessing its a bit early
Ive had a few glasses of Beckfords….will that help?
Only if you get to double figures.
Christ, 10 glasses of that and I’d be lucky to lift my head let alone look at the sky
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Looks like you will have to stay up until the early hours to get the best of it tonight.
It should be called Aurora Boreyourarseoff
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Beware those times are UTC (GMT) so you need to add an hour for BST.
According to X the country is awash with people who have travelled to places en mass to see it tonight but have been disappointed. We’re at the beach on the north east coast and zilch. Pleased I saw it last night in my garden.
Well I'm currently on a dark country road staring in vain at the northern horizon.
When we turned up two hours ago I was surprised to see half a dozen other cars parked up on the verge but thought that others had had the same idea as me. After all this spot has clear views of the horizon and not too much immediate light pollution. However no one was out of their cars chatting or even looking at the sky.My suspicions were aroused (just my suspicions, nothing else) when one car parked up behind mine, stayed for a couple of minutes then drove off. Other cars have also parked up, hung around for a short time and then disappeared. I am now wondering if the reasons for the other's presence here is not quite so innocent as mine and my son's. I haven't heard any suspension rocking and no one has swapped cars.
Anyway, time I went home.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I know exactly how you feel , we went out Friday night to a local beauty spot atop a local hill. There were a number of cars there and no one stood around. My first thought was are they practicing a canine pursuit!
https://youtu.be/K9KV9LxJ9kk?feature=shared
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'Populism, the last refuge of a Tory scoundrel'.
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Shamelessly stolen image of the magnificent spectacle.
"Bite my shiny metal ass."
- Bender Bending Rodríguez
That looks like something I might have seen last night if I had looked into the cars parked near by.
Awesome.
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