For the first time in my 60+ years, I finally crossed this off my bucket list. My mind sees Royston, purple and red spiney oyster. There may be a touch of sugilite as well. What do you all see? Please share your northern lights pics.
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Oh that’s beautiful!! Unfortunately I was too tired last night to go out and look; I would have to driven a little bit outside of the small city we’re in. But I have seen them in northern Michigan, and they are always amazing. I’ve seen them twice over the Mackinac Bridge! Great pictures!
I think here in northern Indiana there wasn’t much pink, just mostly green. Correction: hubby just said our nephew who lives a bit northwest of us saw pink and green.
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Did! Thrilling! Interestingly, the eye doesn’t see exactly what the camera captures. It was visible and amazing but the camera shows more drama (blurry bc I don’t know how to use iPhone in the dark 
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A view looking north.
This was from about 1/2 hour earlier in same location, just getting visible (again apologies on quality):
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We missed them on our trip last fall. It was a long drive that day and we slept right through them. Our campsite was on Lake Superior. I get sick thinking about the photos we missed. Last night made up for it. 
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I haven’t seen them up there in years. But when I was a kid we used to go to Canada every year, and we would see them quite a bit. But the best ones I ever saw were near Petoskey, MI.
I totally missed out last night 
Where on Lake Superior? My brother in law lives in Houghton in the UP. We visited last spring.
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Great capture! It was a magical night for sure.
Here is the link I used to set up the iPhone 14 Pro Max.
I also used a tripod for a phone with 10 - 30 second long exposure. The naked eye doesn’t see what the camera does! The alerts started coming from the Aurora app a little after 9 here in VA.
You couldn’t really see anything, but when I started taking photos and 
I was out there at least 3 hours. I have pics pointing north, west and south.
Thanking you for sharing your pic.
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Edited to add a second image, not great quality but a moment in the process anyway.
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We stayed at Wilderness, Bay Furnace and Beach Camp, a Hip Camp across from the Casino in Christmas. We love visiting northern lower and the UP in Michigan.
I bought an amazing pair of mittens in Houghton. They are repurposed wool and wool blend sweaters.
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Although I’m a Canadian, I only saw aurora twice in my life—both times when I was a child—and both times I was in a car driven by an adult who didn’t want to stop to look. Both those times featured bright, pale-green rippling curtains, absolutely breathtaking
So last night was the first time I’ve seen the aurora in decades! Even though I live in a city and there was some light pollution!
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Thanks to everybody who’s shared their photos of the spectacular Aurora Borealis! I’m living vicariously through you all…
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The patterns you captured are so cool. Thank you for sharing them with us.
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We have been to Wilderness many times, and have driven through Christmas several times (K, that sounds weird).
There are some wonderful little shops in Houghton. My B-in law lives 3 streets up (and it is a literal up ) from the lift bridge. From his third story he has great views of it; especially at night when it’s lit up.
Thank you all for the pics! I totally missed the show.
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I hear that tonight’s display should also be excellent — clouds willing!
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I got home from work to see this:
Looking East:
Looking South:
I think there is Orion in this photo, too.
The patterns and colors were changing extremely fast. Much more than usual.
I hope the lights come back tonight.
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Thank you for sharing your photos. I hope they appear in your area again tonight. Nothing yet here in SW VA.
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@here4turquoise, @chicfarmer, @chamekke, @fernwood; Wowza…here I thought I’d have to go on a cruise to Iceland/Norway to see this! Unfortunately, here in the desert it’s not visible, but thank you to you all for sharing your fabulous pictures…I’m so jealous!
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Thank you @Steve I always learn from your informative posts.
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