Well, that’s partially why I had to go to an 8,911 ft summit to see it. You can see the light pollution from downtown Reno at the bottom. Luckily, there weren’t any clouds at 10pm; there were passing over Lake Tahoe earlier in the day.
I imagine a lot of people in the main band that cut across the country didn’t get to see it because of light pollution. We were at least 4-500 miles away from the edges it’s band, which is why a time lapse was needed to catch anything.