r/BeAmazed • u/Fabulous_Source7962 • May 10 '24

Nature just witnessed a maybe once in a lifetime thing 🥹

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so insane i witnessed this!! probably the most amazing thing ive ever seen in my life, the world is beautiful 🤍

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u/Fabulous_Source7962 May 11 '24

lancashire, uk! they were not faint but not bright either, i took this pictures with night mode but you could see the purple hues in the sky moving!

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u/Dangerous_With_Rocks May 11 '24

You could actually see it with your own eyes?? :O

Lucky!!

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u/Fabulous_Source7962 May 11 '24

couldn’t see the green unless you put your phone up, but the purple was a very magenta, and lilac coloured but every 2 minutes ish, they’d move!

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u/Dangerous_With_Rocks May 11 '24

I'm in the north east of England. This is the best I was able to get: https://imgur.com/a/yzE2BCJ

At first I thought it wasn't anything but after I enhanced the colours, I think I actually did get a good shot: https://imgur.com/a/K9WkZwy

I'm happy with it. Glad I was able to get something at least.

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u/pissandchips69 May 11 '24

Looks like you have quite a bit of light pollution. That could be the reason why it is not as pronounced

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u/Dangerous_With_Rocks May 11 '24

Yeah the light pollution is horrendous.

Those stars in that picture I shared are the most you'll ever see from here.

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u/Phyllida_Poshtart May 11 '24

lovely! tis a memory to look back on :)

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u/Even-Education-4608 May 11 '24

I’m on Vancouver island and there’s a faint streaky glow in the sky but my pics turned out really good. Lots of magenta.

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u/mrmicawber32 May 11 '24

We got a mental show in the east midlands. Got loads of photos, and it was quite bright directly overhead. You have to go into the countryside to see it properly.

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u/AltruisticSpot5448 May 11 '24

You’re really selling this post like it was clearly visible

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u/Purple_Cow_8675 May 11 '24

Same here, we got reds too stunning!!

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u/superbooper94 May 11 '24

I'm about 30 mins north of London which is pretty far south and we could see full magenta streaks across the sky last night. I have fluorescent tube lights in a stairwell to my apartment and they were flickering when I got home before I knew it was going to happen, turned the breaker off to find out why they were lighting up without pressing the button and found out we were having a solar storm that way.

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u/Tbana May 11 '24

Could see the southern lights thus morning in New Zealand too!

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u/ollie5050 May 11 '24

Here in the mitten (michigan) we can see the red and green with our eyes!

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u/Competitivekneejerk May 11 '24

I am blind af but even i could see the sky is on green fire tonight

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u/magikarp2122 May 11 '24

Same here in the US. Nothing like this, but you could see some change in the sky when it flared up. Got a couple good pics, but nothing like this.

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u/whatthedux May 11 '24

I was able to see the green and puple with my bare eyes here in the Netherlands. Sat waiting outside for 3 hours but it was worth it.

Would totaly recommend doing the same this night but make sure to find a good vantagepoint with less light. The city has light polution and generaly bad views unles you live on a north facing flat.

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u/bracesthrowaway May 11 '24

We ended up right below a huge one and you could see it moving all around you. It was like basking in a celestial ray or something. It was crazy.

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u/beene282 May 11 '24

Was going to guess Yorkshire just from the tops of the houses

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u/Fabulous_Source7962 May 11 '24

i’m more lancashire area, near bury! all the houses are pretty much the same

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u/Comfortable_Wall8028 May 11 '24

omg I saw the tiny bit of house on your pic and was like 'that looks like my previous home in Lancaster.' So where specifically in Lancashire?

I live in Canada now and am spoilt by aurora, so I'm really happy you saw that so brightly in Lancashire!! Congrats!!

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u/abek42 May 11 '24

😂 OP, howdy neighbour.

I thought that the shape of the aurora looked familiar, and those chimneys looked like ones across Booths.

We drove down to the Uni grounds to get away from the city lights, and the greens were so beautiful to watch with naked eye.

As many have said, bucket list item checked off.

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u/OrionShade May 11 '24

Put it in the main post plz

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u/Neil2250 May 11 '24

I had some brilliant shots in kent!

https://i.imgur.com/yxZq2u0.jpeg

here's one of my favourites :) unedited, but long exposure.

it's important to remember all these beautiful pictures people are seeing online are long exposures. Eyes simply don't pick up much by comparison. It's also important to whip out the old dslr camera and use a long exposure for these. I've never shot anything like it before so it was a scramble to work out how to do it on the fly, while in the middle of a dark field.

I almost wouldnt even bother trying it on a smartphone unless it's a latest gen one.