It might be back tomorrow if you missed it tonight!

  • SeaJ@lemm.ee
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    6
    ·
    6 months ago

    I hope it is back tomorrow night. I was tending to a screaming toddler the whole time so I missed it.

    • khannie@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      6 months ago

      I believe it should be. I’m 8 timezones away but our news said yesterday:

      expected to arrive as early as today and to persist through until Sunday.

      • SeaJ@lemm.ee
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        6 months ago

        Crossing my fingers. Saw someone post a pic an hour ago from Eastern Oregon. So far I have not seen anything tonight and the probability is shrinking.

  • Drusas@kbin.social
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    4
    ·
    6 months ago

    How the hell. I’m in Seattle and watched it and it was so faint, barely visible at all. You wouldn’t have even noticed it if you weren’t looking for it.

    • brotkel@programming.dev
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      6 months ago

      Surprisingly, even mid-tier phone cameras can take amazing pictures when the naked eye can barely see anything. To me, it looked like barely visible wispy gray-green clouds, but the pictures on my phone are far more vibrant.

  • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    4
    ·
    6 months ago

    Couldn’t see shit from my place. Was I looking in the wrong direction? At the wrong time? Or is there just too much light pollution on my street?

    • lechatron@lemmy.today
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      6 months ago

      Probably too much light pollution. Unless you’re far away from any light it’s difficult to see with the naked eye. Try taking a picture with a long exposure (just a couple seconds should do it). You’ll want to be looking North and they can change in intensity through the night but I was able to get some good photos around 11:30.

    • Kevin@lemmy.worldOP
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      6 months ago

      I’m not sure, there was a ton of light pollution where I was at. It was all over the sky in every direction and moved around.

        • Kevin@lemmy.worldOP
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          edit-2
          6 months ago

          After it started getting dark. It was very vivid around 10:30ish to 11:30 or so. I went to sleep after that though, so it might’ve gotten brighter. I was checking periodically earlier but wasn’t seeing anything til it suddenly became visible.

    • khannie@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      edit-2
      6 months ago

      It came and went where I was. It was difficult to see with street lights so we went to a nearby football pitch which was dark and could see it then.

      Phones definitely making it look better than the eye sees it.

      Edit: look North

  • Debs@lemmy.zip
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    2
    ·
    6 months ago

    Amazing. I’m down in Portland and a buddy reported seeing it here as well. Gonna try tonight.

  • brotkel@programming.dev
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    6 months ago

    There’s quite a crowd of eager aurora watchers at Carkeek Beach at 10:30, but no light show yet.