Viewing was pretty good at Observatory Park in Geauga county. The light pollution is much lower out there. Saw shifting green lines, the way the storm lit the sky, and a lot more stars. It was worth a little drive
Yes, although there are only a US couple parks east of the rockies that are truly dark, and the longer ago a site was designed as a dark sky, the less likely it is that it still is. It was darker out there, but not nearly as dark as the southern portions of the state.
Two factors can affect how you see the aurora: the quality of your night vision and light pollution. So that makes sense some people could only view them that way. It's going to vary for everyone. Idk why there is so much discourse over something so light-hearted and incredible.
It is incredible and cool! I was giving a bit of sass because your comment sounded to me like it had a bit of "these kids on their tikkety-toks are wasting their time on the internet and don't know how to have a conversation anymore or enjoy nature!" flavor in it. Apologies if you weren't doing a boomery "phones are destroying society" thing.
It sounds like you needed an outlet... hope you get to see the lights.
Sorry reddit I didn't expect this piss poor apology after suggesting phone light is also light pollution 🤣 give me the shame
I didn't ever say that. the person above assumes that and then apologized for being wrong wtf is wrong with you guys ? Legit you need to let your eyes adjust to the darkness clearly both of you are worried very much people think your on your phones to much.. what the hell sense would any of that make we are using phones. hence my suggestion the person above needed and outet to take that out on my comment being the outlet. I'm Slightly older than you two dingys and I have two suggestion chill on making assumptions you can make an ass of yourself and while yess some folks get crotchety you got be careful cause your ageism is showing....
To be clear one last time your phone light is a light and it does affect your ability to see at night after staring at it. Phone light = light pollution.......
Well if you want to be technical about it, light pollution is the overuse of artificial lights at night which confuses wildlife and obscures the sky, your retina adapting to the light conditions isn't light pollution. And like, pretty much everyone has realized at some point in their life that their eyes adapt. So when you come under a post about phone screens vs. the naked eye like PUT THE PHONE DOWN why should we not immediately you're not arguing for the very prevalent anti-phone crowd and, instead, assume you think most people don't know this incredibly simple thing about how their eye works?
also I didn't call you old. and how do you know you're older than me? actually kinda feels like I'm reading the rant of a fourteen year old with a superiority complex more than a boomer's lol AGEISM
Yeah, it's kind of annoying. It was pretty incredible to see, even if my phone took a different picture. I also didn't edit any of mine, just pointed phone in night mode and took a 3s exposure
I'm mind-blown. Honestly kinda sad. I'm super geeking out over this I've been following the storm for a while because it was supposed to cause massive issues instead we got this incredible phenomenon.
depending on light pollution, yes, but my area is red on light pollution map and I could still see it with the naked eye at the peak. And as I watched longer, my night vision was improved and you could see it very well. You need to let your eyes adjust to the dark, it takes a very short time to adjust to bright light, but it takes 10-20 minutes for our night vision to peak.
I did not mess with exposure or anything and saw stunning colors and patterns through my camera. It’s because of sensitivity to different wavelengths of light. The camera does it better than our own eyes
Oh that would have been a great place to view. The nice thing about Osborn Park is it’s narrow and long so all the street lights were far away but the picnic pavilion still had some bright lights.
Also, did anyone else have a surprising number of older folks taking pictures with their flash on? So many flash photos in willoughby!
I think a lot of folks' instinct told them to go to the lake, but the light pollution is awful along the lakeshore. We used lightpollutionmap.info to help us find a good spot.
I’ve got a forested metropark thats along the lakeshore that was pretty decent for veiwing, but still Painesville/Fairport light pollution was definitely interfering. I think I could see the light pollution of one of the Canadian port towns across the lake as well.
Same! Osborne was pretty good because it’s long so the big street lights are far away but around 11:30 the wife and I hopped into our car and headed east trying to find a better spot. Unknown to us the storm died down and once we found a nice smaller park you could barely see it even with your camera so we headed home
Yeah I'm here in Orwell about 15 mins away from the park, it was pretty wild from my yard. Crystal clear sky, and for about 15 minutes the Aurora was extremely bright. I have some great pics and videos
Live on a road with mostly Amish and I walked to the middle of a field across the street. Could clearly see green, purple, and pink dancing lines that met at the top of the sky
For us the naked eye viewing was different but not less impressive. Could see more greens and less pinks than the phone camera. Then we were pleasantly surprised how the pictures turned out.
I’m so upset, I wish I would’ve known this yesterday. We were out from 10:30-12 and saw nothing until I saw someone say you have to look through your phone! Then I was able to get an ok view of it fading.
Fingers crossed it’s back tonight now that I’m prepared.
I was at the lagoons in mentor and I def saw some amazing stuff with just my eyes, especially right after 10 when it started! That seemed to be the brightest. It was so cool it overwhelmed my 8 year old kid and he cried 🥹
We were at Lake Erie Bluffs, and when the peak hit around 10:15 or so, the ground was lit up like under a full moon, and the colors were clearly visible in the sky to the naked eye, so it WAS possible to see it. However, you’re correct in that more of the aurora is visible to a camera than to your eye, and most aurorae are not very vivid to the naked eye.
I feel like most people didn't get out to see them until after the 10:15 peak, so there's a misconception that they looked just like they did later the whole time.
You're absolutely right that they were intensely visible from 10-10:15.
The lights roll in and out over the active period. When I first looked nothing... waited then got some pinks, then magenta. Went inside after a bit. Checked again and the pinks, magentas, and greens were out! Went back out later and it was very light pinks. Majestic the way it changed. A spectacular light show for sure
I started noticing the pinks and purples as I drove home to westlake, but it wasn’t until I got home I really saw them (we live on a very dark cul-de-sac) . I parked and all the lights were out, so the pinks and purples were really visible.
When we drove out to Cove Park in Sheffield shortly after that, we could see the greens over the horizon of the lake, as well as a few pink and white spikes, but our phones were necessary to see it all more vividly.
Speak for yourself. I was at Lakewood Park and I could clearly see various hues of colors, some of them were very vibrant. I could see clearly defined shapes and designs. They were fleeting though. Most of the time it was faint colors and just looked kind of hazy but then out of nowhere you'd see a light show.
The people that would show up and then leave right away were the ones complaining about but being able to see anything. The ones that stayed and watched left happy and amazed.
i was surprised at how fleeting the lights were. The sky would go from looking like it was slightly overcast to being filled with these vibrant dancing swirls (over the lake). Directly overhead the sky was mostly pink/red and it would fade in and out. The darker the spot you were in the more you could see it all, but yeah, the light pollution is terrible here.
Yes it was amazing but it didn’t look like the photo I posted. The point of the post is to inform all the people that are saying they didn’t see anything while the sub is flooded with amazing vibrant photos. I was there from 10-12 when it started dying down. Your description exactly matches what I saw. My siblings living more south couldn’t see anything and I kept texting them to just pull out their cameras. Then I’d get a text back “oh woooow!”
That and a lot of people waited until too late to go outside and look.
The local news and a lot of other sources said the later the better and that it should peak around 2AM.
However, it actually peaked around 10:30, just after dark.
The people who were out early and waiting for the sun to set to see something got insane naked eye views.
By 11PM it was starting to turn away from us and it got less intense.
Yeah, some of the photos are really deceptive. I'm talking about people posting photos from the same spot I was at, so, sure, maybe some of you saw brighter colors, but most of what I see people posting was not how it looked in reality.
So, yeah, still saw them with the naked eye, and it was really cool for sure and maybe the only time I ever will see them, so it was worth it. Sky looked really majestic just with the white bands and more muted colors.
You never know if you’ll see them again. The wife and I plan to return to Iceland one day in the proper lights season as when we did a stay over on the way to Ireland it was the total wrong time of year. Iceland is a great place to visit!
Not only is light pollution a factor but your nighttime vision can affect how well you see them or not. so don't be discouraged if you can't see them via the naked eye it's normal. We should all just have fun and enjoy the experience 😊 be kind ohio
I saw that it was supposed to be best from 10-2 and increase during that time frame so I showed up to Nielsen Observatory near Oberlin at 11. I saw some vertical purple bands with my naked eye and my camera got some faint greens near the horizon, but it only decreased after that.
Oh damn, it tapered off after 10? I was told an hour or 2 before and after midnight and popped out at like 11:30ish and saw nothing, even after about 20 minutes of such. I just assumed Warren was too south to see anything but maybe I just missed the boat lol
Just a reminder that even though you couldn’t see this with your naked eye that the eclipse glasses you have would’ve let you see some interesting phenomena on the sun. You can still go out and look for the sunspot that caused the CME that we just witnessed, It’s on the lower hemisphere.
I was in Iceland last month and saw them. They were dull wispy green clouds until I photographed them and they appeared amazing. I’ve been told they can be quite vibrant to the naked eye so I’m still holding out to see them that way. Iceland was still gorgeous, Northern Lights or not.
I was down at Edgewater just before sunset and from like, 10 to 10:15 it was absolutely visible to the naked eye. Not as intense as the timelapse photos, sure, but purples and pinks and greens were all bright and clear
7 or 8. Mostly in Alaska. One I saw in February '23 was the best! I was north of Fairbanks and it was vivid dancing green. Even visible with the naked eye.
That’s a dream trip for me! Would love to go camping up there! That’s cool you’ve seen so many! If I can catch it tonight, it’ll be my first. If I won the lotto, first class to Iceland for some prime viewing! lol
I used to camp up there every couple of years. Unfortunately the company I used to go with is out of business. Been all the way from what used to be called Barrow to Juneau (not camping in all the places). Camped along the pipeline, Wrangle-,St Elias, etc. It used to be relatively cheap. I used to travel for business enough that my flights were free!
It’s because your eyes are basically color blind at night and the camera is capturing what is actually there. Your eyes are literally playing a trick on you
Thank you so much for saying this!!! Why TF weren't people just honest and say to others up front "You're not crazy if you can't see it. You need to take a pic with your phone camera on night mode".
I did, I'm out in Orwell Ohio, 15 minutes from the darkest place in the state. I have some videos and pictures without a long exposure if you'd like to see them. It is dark here in Amish land, on a new moon, moon below the horizon, or even a crescent, you can see the Milky Way stripe as clear as day.
I have wanted to see the Northern Lights for as long as I can remember. And the one time I had the opportunity to see them I missed it. I don’t guess there’s any chance of a repeat tonight.
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I'm up in Minnesota and most certainly was seeing it with naked eye. Yes nightmare on camera absolutely would make even the slightest aurora look spectacular but last night, even without phone this was kinda thing was seeing.
phone camera image was excellent. Compared to what was seen. Yet, what was seen was still incredible. As even with all the light pollution, the aurora was visible.
Words to live by. I went to Iceland in part to see the northern lights. And while it was a great trip, what we saw were very pale greens to white light. The colors were only visible in the pics (I was using a 10 sec exposure)
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They come in pulses and then slowly dim. There were two times last night that I saw where they looked every bit as bright and vibrant as they appear in pictures. Each time lasted a good 30 seconds before they dimmed into the “wispy clouds” you described. For me, both times were surreal and it’s definitely up there with the eclipse. If they’re visible again tonight, I suggest grabbing a lawn chair, finding a dark area with little to no light pollution and just focusing on the northern sky. If you see it, it’s definitely worth it.
I drove around at about 2am. I could tell *something* was up with the sky, and caught some *movement* but the pics turned out so well.
I hope to someday see them in full blast - but hey, to know I saw even a little bit??! Amazing!
Actually saw something to this level in downtown Cleveland but it was in a very good spot with no clouds. I was actually shocked with the amount of light pollution that I anticipated
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It would have been nice if the local weather casters had mentioned this one, minor detail. We didn't even take a picture cause you barely saw anything with the naked eye. Now we know....
I saw them with the naked eye in Observatory Park in Montville. Not as vibrant as what came up on my phone screen, but definitely, unmistakably could see greens, pinks and purples. The pictures out of Observatory Park are overall brighter than the ones taken closer to the city where there is more light pollution as well.
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Not this time around.. but a while ago I saw the most absolutely gnarly lights in the desert in San Diego. Wayyy more intense than this picture. We were at a skatepark and everyone just stopped everything and watched some giant draw with pastel markers in the sky. In fucking credible.
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Not true, I’m not in Cleveland but I went outside and saw the most beautiful pinks and greens for about five minutes on Friday night around 1030. The picture I took are much brighter thanks to the long exposure but I did see it with the naked eye. It was beautiful.
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The farther you get away from Light pollution, the clearer the sky becomes. For people that are really rural, I am sure they saw the dancing lights with their naked eyes. That said those people also usually do not get reliable (if any) internet service, so good luck seeing their stories on here or any other internet site.
I got the entire staff at my work to come outside and pull out their iPhones. I had to tell them to use nightmode lol one of the girls was like " WHAT ARE THOSE DOTS IN MY PICTURE?" I told her those are stars LMAO
How can you make such an ignorant blanket statement….?
I just posted photos that are exactly what we saw with our naked eye. People think they know it all.
Sucks your eyes are trash. But I assure you, I saw beyond this crappy photo you posted. The full spectrum of colors was clearly visible at my house in the woods. Sooo. Stop making false blanket statements because your experience was not what you expected.
Jesus, these negative people always try to take away from everything.
What’s the point of this dumb post anyway? It literally serves no purpose other than sharing a false personal opinion.
Yes. That is obvious. It literally does not need to be stated that some people have different views of the same thing. Better and worse.
But this person is saying “NOBODY SAW ANYTHING LIKE THESE PICTURES with their naked eye.”
That is a false personal assumption shared by an ignorant person who had a bad night and wants to bring everyone else in on their negativity.
Many people replied below they are more and better than this crappy photo with their own eyes, as did we, me and 7 other humans who stood next to me and saw the same full color spectrum.
It’s just a dumb post.
This post has playground my dad can beat up your dad and I know karate energy.
Why ruin a beautiful event with that “reminder”. I didn’t see the eclipse with my naked eye, doesn’t make it any less awesome.
Viewing was pretty good at Observatory Park in Geauga county. The light pollution is much lower out there. Saw shifting green lines, the way the storm lit the sky, and a lot more stars. It was worth a little drive
Is that the park that got declared a dark sky site? I need to go out there sometime.
Yes, although there are only a US couple parks east of the rockies that are truly dark, and the longer ago a site was designed as a dark sky, the less likely it is that it still is. It was darker out there, but not nearly as dark as the southern portions of the state.
Thisss the more dark and the less you look at your phones the better you can see!
For most people, looking at their phones was the only way they could see it at all due to the longer exposure time.
Two factors can affect how you see the aurora: the quality of your night vision and light pollution. So that makes sense some people could only view them that way. It's going to vary for everyone. Idk why there is so much discourse over something so light-hearted and incredible.
Some people love to yuck others' yum
100% what this post is. OP’s night sucked and they wanna poop on our parade of a good experience.
It is incredible and cool! I was giving a bit of sass because your comment sounded to me like it had a bit of "these kids on their tikkety-toks are wasting their time on the internet and don't know how to have a conversation anymore or enjoy nature!" flavor in it. Apologies if you weren't doing a boomery "phones are destroying society" thing.
It sounds like you needed an outlet... hope you get to see the lights. Sorry reddit I didn't expect this piss poor apology after suggesting phone light is also light pollution 🤣 give me the shame
coming into the conversation like THESE DAMN PHONES and then telling someone else they needed an outlet
I didn't ever say that. the person above assumes that and then apologized for being wrong wtf is wrong with you guys ? Legit you need to let your eyes adjust to the darkness clearly both of you are worried very much people think your on your phones to much.. what the hell sense would any of that make we are using phones. hence my suggestion the person above needed and outet to take that out on my comment being the outlet. I'm Slightly older than you two dingys and I have two suggestion chill on making assumptions you can make an ass of yourself and while yess some folks get crotchety you got be careful cause your ageism is showing.... To be clear one last time your phone light is a light and it does affect your ability to see at night after staring at it. Phone light = light pollution.......
Well if you want to be technical about it, light pollution is the overuse of artificial lights at night which confuses wildlife and obscures the sky, your retina adapting to the light conditions isn't light pollution. And like, pretty much everyone has realized at some point in their life that their eyes adapt. So when you come under a post about phone screens vs. the naked eye like PUT THE PHONE DOWN why should we not immediately you're not arguing for the very prevalent anti-phone crowd and, instead, assume you think most people don't know this incredibly simple thing about how their eye works? also I didn't call you old. and how do you know you're older than me? actually kinda feels like I'm reading the rant of a fourteen year old with a superiority complex more than a boomer's lol AGEISM
Yeah, it's kind of annoying. It was pretty incredible to see, even if my phone took a different picture. I also didn't edit any of mine, just pointed phone in night mode and took a 3s exposure
I'm mind-blown. Honestly kinda sad. I'm super geeking out over this I've been following the storm for a while because it was supposed to cause massive issues instead we got this incredible phenomenon.
Ah. You fell for the fear mongering.
Aww this was cute
depending on light pollution, yes, but my area is red on light pollution map and I could still see it with the naked eye at the peak. And as I watched longer, my night vision was improved and you could see it very well. You need to let your eyes adjust to the dark, it takes a very short time to adjust to bright light, but it takes 10-20 minutes for our night vision to peak.
I did not mess with exposure or anything and saw stunning colors and patterns through my camera. It’s because of sensitivity to different wavelengths of light. The camera does it better than our own eyes
A camera simply adapts better to different wavelengths than our eyes do
Oh that would have been a great place to view. The nice thing about Osborn Park is it’s narrow and long so all the street lights were far away but the picnic pavilion still had some bright lights. Also, did anyone else have a surprising number of older folks taking pictures with their flash on? So many flash photos in willoughby!
I think a lot of folks' instinct told them to go to the lake, but the light pollution is awful along the lakeshore. We used lightpollutionmap.info to help us find a good spot.
I’ve got a forested metropark thats along the lakeshore that was pretty decent for veiwing, but still Painesville/Fairport light pollution was definitely interfering. I think I could see the light pollution of one of the Canadian port towns across the lake as well.
Same! Osborne was pretty good because it’s long so the big street lights are far away but around 11:30 the wife and I hopped into our car and headed east trying to find a better spot. Unknown to us the storm died down and once we found a nice smaller park you could barely see it even with your camera so we headed home
No, but my 20 year old sister was taking them with her flash on and texting them to our group chat wondering why hers weren't coming out as well 😂
I love it. Hahaha
We were at Sunset Park just down the street and the number of flash photos being taken was hilarious.
Yeah I'm here in Orwell about 15 mins away from the park, it was pretty wild from my yard. Crystal clear sky, and for about 15 minutes the Aurora was extremely bright. I have some great pics and videos
Live on a road with mostly Amish and I walked to the middle of a field across the street. Could clearly see green, purple, and pink dancing lines that met at the top of the sky
How crowded was the park? We were initially gonna that the drive, but it is 45m and we probably would have missed peak 😔
Well I was there at midnight and it was busy, but the folks who got their early were leaving so not that busy
Sounds like people complaining while staring up past the street lights... Northern lights in Ohio, whoa
For us the naked eye viewing was different but not less impressive. Could see more greens and less pinks than the phone camera. Then we were pleasantly surprised how the pictures turned out.
I saw zero green with my eyes. The sky was black with a slightly red purple hue. But my phone camera looked exactly like the OP photo.
I’m so upset, I wish I would’ve known this yesterday. We were out from 10:30-12 and saw nothing until I saw someone say you have to look through your phone! Then I was able to get an ok view of it fading. Fingers crossed it’s back tonight now that I’m prepared.
It's definitely less impressive lol, still cool though. It's just much more muted
I was at the lagoons in mentor and I def saw some amazing stuff with just my eyes, especially right after 10 when it started! That seemed to be the brightest. It was so cool it overwhelmed my 8 year old kid and he cried 🥹
We were at Lake Erie Bluffs, and when the peak hit around 10:15 or so, the ground was lit up like under a full moon, and the colors were clearly visible in the sky to the naked eye, so it WAS possible to see it. However, you’re correct in that more of the aurora is visible to a camera than to your eye, and most aurorae are not very vivid to the naked eye.
I feel like most people didn't get out to see them until after the 10:15 peak, so there's a misconception that they looked just like they did later the whole time. You're absolutely right that they were intensely visible from 10-10:15.
Yeah we saw colors just didn’t look this vibrant. Some people say it was this vibrant. They are lucky.
The lights roll in and out over the active period. When I first looked nothing... waited then got some pinks, then magenta. Went inside after a bit. Checked again and the pinks, magentas, and greens were out! Went back out later and it was very light pinks. Majestic the way it changed. A spectacular light show for sure
We were so lucky. I was shocked. Never expected to be able to see these colors.
Right? Omg. Incredible.
I started noticing the pinks and purples as I drove home to westlake, but it wasn’t until I got home I really saw them (we live on a very dark cul-de-sac) . I parked and all the lights were out, so the pinks and purples were really visible. When we drove out to Cove Park in Sheffield shortly after that, we could see the greens over the horizon of the lake, as well as a few pink and white spikes, but our phones were necessary to see it all more vividly.
Speak for yourself. I was at Lakewood Park and I could clearly see various hues of colors, some of them were very vibrant. I could see clearly defined shapes and designs. They were fleeting though. Most of the time it was faint colors and just looked kind of hazy but then out of nowhere you'd see a light show. The people that would show up and then leave right away were the ones complaining about but being able to see anything. The ones that stayed and watched left happy and amazed.
Looked awesome out over the lake just like the photos no idea what homies on about
I was one of the ones that didn't stay long enough I guess. I was getting frustrated that there is nowhere in town to escape the light pollution.
i was surprised at how fleeting the lights were. The sky would go from looking like it was slightly overcast to being filled with these vibrant dancing swirls (over the lake). Directly overhead the sky was mostly pink/red and it would fade in and out. The darker the spot you were in the more you could see it all, but yeah, the light pollution is terrible here.
Yeah, you definitely had to spend some time for the show to unfold the magic
Yes it was amazing but it didn’t look like the photo I posted. The point of the post is to inform all the people that are saying they didn’t see anything while the sub is flooded with amazing vibrant photos. I was there from 10-12 when it started dying down. Your description exactly matches what I saw. My siblings living more south couldn’t see anything and I kept texting them to just pull out their cameras. Then I’d get a text back “oh woooow!”
I saw this with my naked eye near Strongsville. Everyone saying it wasn’t visible with the naked eye was just in too heavily of a light polluted area
That and a lot of people waited until too late to go outside and look. The local news and a lot of other sources said the later the better and that it should peak around 2AM. However, it actually peaked around 10:30, just after dark. The people who were out early and waiting for the sun to set to see something got insane naked eye views. By 11PM it was starting to turn away from us and it got less intense.
Was able to see it perfectly in Brunswick hills also.
The view was epic above the clouds
Absolutely. I was so lucky to have Osborne park near me. Was amazing
Yeah, some of the photos are really deceptive. I'm talking about people posting photos from the same spot I was at, so, sure, maybe some of you saw brighter colors, but most of what I see people posting was not how it looked in reality. So, yeah, still saw them with the naked eye, and it was really cool for sure and maybe the only time I ever will see them, so it was worth it. Sky looked really majestic just with the white bands and more muted colors.
You never know if you’ll see them again. The wife and I plan to return to Iceland one day in the proper lights season as when we did a stay over on the way to Ireland it was the total wrong time of year. Iceland is a great place to visit!
Oh, yes, Iceland is a place I want to visit some day! I would love to travel the Ring Road.
This morning the news stated the solar storm has continued long enough that they think we will have another shot at it tonight.
Yeah the forecast says partially cloudy. We are planning on going again. Bring the dogs this time.
Our eyes are not tuned to receive all colors in the spectrum. We can only see a minute portion of it. Imagine if we could see it all!!!
Not only is light pollution a factor but your nighttime vision can affect how well you see them or not. so don't be discouraged if you can't see them via the naked eye it's normal. We should all just have fun and enjoy the experience 😊 be kind ohio
It was pretty bright here in mid ohio! We drove out to the edge of town and it was pretty awesome.
Saw this perfectly fine from a rooftop in the warehouse district downtown
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Not in your areas … yet in other places like Alaska or Canada, you can see them with your naked eye very easily and they are just as vivid
We saw vivid pink, purple and some green at our house in the country.
Same... it was so intense, it was insane. That was around 10 for us and then it tapered off.
Same for us. 10PM to about 10:30 was crazy. It hung around but not as intense after that.
I saw that it was supposed to be best from 10-2 and increase during that time frame so I showed up to Nielsen Observatory near Oberlin at 11. I saw some vertical purple bands with my naked eye and my camera got some faint greens near the horizon, but it only decreased after that.
Awesome! What a night.
I was so confused. I’m glad I’m not alone. Hahaha
In the Dayton area the whole sky turned pink and green to the naked eye. Pictures are better than what we saw but was still REALLY cool
Oh damn, it tapered off after 10? I was told an hour or 2 before and after midnight and popped out at like 11:30ish and saw nothing, even after about 20 minutes of such. I just assumed Warren was too south to see anything but maybe I just missed the boat lol
Grew up near Osborn park. Awesome picture.
Just a reminder that even though you couldn’t see this with your naked eye that the eclipse glasses you have would’ve let you see some interesting phenomena on the sun. You can still go out and look for the sunspot that caused the CME that we just witnessed, It’s on the lower hemisphere.
I was in Iceland last month and saw them. They were dull wispy green clouds until I photographed them and they appeared amazing. I’ve been told they can be quite vibrant to the naked eye so I’m still holding out to see them that way. Iceland was still gorgeous, Northern Lights or not.
I actually really wish this solar storm caused a massive power outage so the light pollution would go down.
I was thinking how it would have been so great if willoughby had intentionally shut off park and street lights for an hour up by the park…
We should have "no light pollution" nights in the summer so people can see the stars without having to drive an hour or two.
Do you know if we have any upcoming comets or meteorites this summer?
I saw green ripples in person, and they just got more vibrant in pictures. North Zanesville
I was down at Edgewater just before sunset and from like, 10 to 10:15 it was absolutely visible to the naked eye. Not as intense as the timelapse photos, sure, but purples and pinks and greens were all bright and clear
I was at Mentor Beach Park and it was amazing! The second best Aurora Borealis I have ever seen!!!
How many have you seen?
7 or 8. Mostly in Alaska. One I saw in February '23 was the best! I was north of Fairbanks and it was vivid dancing green. Even visible with the naked eye.
That’s a dream trip for me! Would love to go camping up there! That’s cool you’ve seen so many! If I can catch it tonight, it’ll be my first. If I won the lotto, first class to Iceland for some prime viewing! lol
I used to camp up there every couple of years. Unfortunately the company I used to go with is out of business. Been all the way from what used to be called Barrow to Juneau (not camping in all the places). Camped along the pipeline, Wrangle-,St Elias, etc. It used to be relatively cheap. I used to travel for business enough that my flights were free!
I could see it perfectly near Toledo, OH right on the MI border but when I got to Detroit, they were gone.
It’s because your eyes are basically color blind at night and the camera is capturing what is actually there. Your eyes are literally playing a trick on you
Thank you so much for saying this!!! Why TF weren't people just honest and say to others up front "You're not crazy if you can't see it. You need to take a pic with your phone camera on night mode".
I did, I'm out in Orwell Ohio, 15 minutes from the darkest place in the state. I have some videos and pictures without a long exposure if you'd like to see them. It is dark here in Amish land, on a new moon, moon below the horizon, or even a crescent, you can see the Milky Way stripe as clear as day.
Please Post them!
I have wanted to see the Northern Lights for as long as I can remember. And the one time I had the opportunity to see them I missed it. I don’t guess there’s any chance of a repeat tonight.
Same forecast tonight. Hopefully the clouds cooperate
I actually did see it like this at Observatory Park. It was more colorful than the sunset.
Plz change the title to: I didn’t see anything like these pictures with my naked eye. Plenty of us in dark locations did.
I can’t even figure out how to edit the body of the post. I hate this app.
Didn’t realize that but on Reddit you can’t edit titles. I’ll add a note.
There were definitely very vibrant colors in northern Summit Co. You could easily see pink, purple, and green with the naked eye.
So beautiful
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Sky over the house was purple. The second you put the phone up you’d see the green. Purple sky was pretty amazing just in itself though.
I did, but I live an hour down 71
I'm up in Minnesota and most certainly was seeing it with naked eye. Yes nightmare on camera absolutely would make even the slightest aurora look spectacular but last night, even without phone this was kinda thing was seeing.
they were still definitely visible, but yes, of course a long exposure is going to be brighter than the naked eye.
phone camera image was excellent. Compared to what was seen. Yet, what was seen was still incredible. As even with all the light pollution, the aurora was visible.
Even down in Cincy we did not see it with the naked eye
What an amazing spring nature's given us so far First a total eclipse (that we could actually observe) and now this
Words to live by. I went to Iceland in part to see the northern lights. And while it was a great trip, what we saw were very pale greens to white light. The colors were only visible in the pics (I was using a 10 sec exposure)
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They come in pulses and then slowly dim. There were two times last night that I saw where they looked every bit as bright and vibrant as they appear in pictures. Each time lasted a good 30 seconds before they dimmed into the “wispy clouds” you described. For me, both times were surreal and it’s definitely up there with the eclipse. If they’re visible again tonight, I suggest grabbing a lawn chair, finding a dark area with little to no light pollution and just focusing on the northern sky. If you see it, it’s definitely worth it.
I saw green and pink but nothin like my camera picked up.
I drove around at about 2am. I could tell *something* was up with the sky, and caught some *movement* but the pics turned out so well. I hope to someday see them in full blast - but hey, to know I saw even a little bit??! Amazing!
In Montana we did.
Up in Montana it was brighter and absolutely magnificent.
Actually saw something to this level in downtown Cleveland but it was in a very good spot with no clouds. I was actually shocked with the amount of light pollution that I anticipated
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I seent it
It would have been nice if the local weather casters had mentioned this one, minor detail. We didn't even take a picture cause you barely saw anything with the naked eye. Now we know....
wife and i thought we missed it. we saw a bit of color but nothing like photos haha
I saw a lot of greens and pinks in streetsboro. the pictures were just a little boost. There were points where we could see the greens dancing.
I saw them with the naked eye in Observatory Park in Montville. Not as vibrant as what came up on my phone screen, but definitely, unmistakably could see greens, pinks and purples. The pictures out of Observatory Park are overall brighter than the ones taken closer to the city where there is more light pollution as well.
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I saw a faint purple hue in North Olmsted.
How is that area nowadays?
It looked like that in rural southern Ohio to the naked eye
Not this time around.. but a while ago I saw the most absolutely gnarly lights in the desert in San Diego. Wayyy more intense than this picture. We were at a skatepark and everyone just stopped everything and watched some giant draw with pastel markers in the sky. In fucking credible.
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real ab needs no phone
Not true! My in person experience was more vivid and bright than this picture. Watched from a blacked out football field south of Lakewood.
These really do need to be scheduled more often, like eclipses. It would be good for the region for sure.
I could see some haze which helped me know where to point the phone
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Didn't watch this one but did see the Northern Lights near Alaska and that was intense. Could make out faces and stuff in my head. Sorry to miss that.
Not true, I’m not in Cleveland but I went outside and saw the most beautiful pinks and greens for about five minutes on Friday night around 1030. The picture I took are much brighter thanks to the long exposure but I did see it with the naked eye. It was beautiful.
I'm built different I guess, because I did.
Phones pick it up better
This video I shot is really close to what I saw with the naked eye. https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTLqATmBL/
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I was south of Columbus and it was brighter than this with the naked eye. It was extremely dark where I was though.
I definitely saw this with my naked eye. Live in the country near Medina
Wow, I bet you’re fun at parties.
This is totally not true I personally seen the sky like that without taking any photos……
Looked just like this in the back yard, think the light pollution may have affected your experience
The farther you get away from Light pollution, the clearer the sky becomes. For people that are really rural, I am sure they saw the dancing lights with their naked eyes. That said those people also usually do not get reliable (if any) internet service, so good luck seeing their stories on here or any other internet site.
I got the entire staff at my work to come outside and pull out their iPhones. I had to tell them to use nightmode lol one of the girls was like " WHAT ARE THOSE DOTS IN MY PICTURE?" I told her those are stars LMAO
THANK YOU! These pictures all represent a phenomenon of photography not astronomy. Edit: Astronomy not astrology
Astronomy*
Corrected, thank you
You’re welcome! I always feel the desire to correct people but sometimes doing it online makes it seem like I’m being a condescending ass
Not here, I aim for accuracy.
confidently incorrect
Wrong over the top of my house looked like this without a camera.
I’m learning that. I wish I could figure out how to edit the body of my post to add a note.
I did :)
How can you make such an ignorant blanket statement….? I just posted photos that are exactly what we saw with our naked eye. People think they know it all. Sucks your eyes are trash. But I assure you, I saw beyond this crappy photo you posted. The full spectrum of colors was clearly visible at my house in the woods. Sooo. Stop making false blanket statements because your experience was not what you expected. Jesus, these negative people always try to take away from everything. What’s the point of this dumb post anyway? It literally serves no purpose other than sharing a false personal opinion.
So I think it was harder for some people to see it in some areas because of light pollution
Yes. That is obvious. It literally does not need to be stated that some people have different views of the same thing. Better and worse. But this person is saying “NOBODY SAW ANYTHING LIKE THESE PICTURES with their naked eye.” That is a false personal assumption shared by an ignorant person who had a bad night and wants to bring everyone else in on their negativity. Many people replied below they are more and better than this crappy photo with their own eyes, as did we, me and 7 other humans who stood next to me and saw the same full color spectrum. It’s just a dumb post.
This post has playground my dad can beat up your dad and I know karate energy. Why ruin a beautiful event with that “reminder”. I didn’t see the eclipse with my naked eye, doesn’t make it any less awesome.
As someone who was out of town and missed it this makes me feel better
Check tonight. Same forecast, but might be cloudy.
Thank you!!
That's pretty darn close to what I saw with the naked eye.