Aurora Borealis

[scoobdog]

Seen from Mt Rose over Reno….

[The_annoying_one]

That looks utterly amazing.

[scoobdog]

Thanks!  Believe it or not, you can’t really see it with the naked eye.  I took it with a time lapse on my phone.

[scoobdog]

Has anyone else seen them?

[tsar4]

Saw it once as a little kid, maybe 5 yrs old, riding home from my grandparent's house.  I asked my grandfather why the sky looked like it was raining, but there were no clouds & no water.  Being a science teacher, he knew why.  Since then, it's always been cloudy or too light polluted to see when they've occurred.

[scoobdog]

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.

[molarbear]

Man, had I remembered I would have driven out to Black Mesa for this

 

As it stands I got some light polluted shots tonight that are most likely just the walmart parking lot reflecting off the clouds

 

However

^Someone snapped these in the Panhandle last night (near black mesa)

 

 

Link is the photos of the panhandle, photos ^ are in my backyard

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[scoobdog]

That’s some good stuff.  Seeing it in daylight is an all new look.

[scoobdog]

Took this tonight from Glenbrook, on the east shore of Lake Tahoe…

That’s Cave Rock to the right.

[discolé monade]

are you vacationing?

also, fantastic pics you all. 

i didn't even think to get any.

because ...

 

i was gonna' get some pics...but then i got high.

i was gonna grab my camera, then i got high.

i thought about going back, but i was amazed...and i was high, and i was high...and i was high..

ta da dat dat dat dat daaa.

[viperxmns]

Got fucked by clouds didnt see shit

But there's so many lights on my street at night these days besides, didnt used to be so bad 

Many more security lights from surrounding houses now 

[Vamped]

I ... fell asleep like a loser 

 

[molarbear]

21 hours ago, scoobdog said:

That’s some good stuff.  Seeing it in daylight is an all new look.

.....

Those were taken around 1 am'ish?

It's the night setting on my phone's camera, it uses a longer exposure to capture as much of the surrounding light as possible (I think)

 

 

[scoobdog]

12 hours ago, molarbear said:

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Those were taken around 1 am'ish?

It's the night setting on my phone's camera, it uses a longer exposure to capture as much of the surrounding light as possible (I think)

 

 

Oh, gotcha.  Nonetheless, it looks pretty impressive.

I almost wish I had taken my DSLR and tripod with me, but I’m not sure it would have been much better.

[scoobdog]

On 5/12/2024 at 5:03 AM, discolé monade said:

are you vacationing?

also, fantastic pics you all. 

i didn't even think to get any.

because ...

 

i was gonna' get some pics...but then i got high.

i was gonna grab my camera, then i got high.

i thought about going back, but i was amazed...and i was high, and i was high...and i was high..

ta da dat dat dat dat daaa.

We’re you able to see them?

[Insipid]

Too rainy to see, but the sky did look brighter than usual. Honestly didn't excite me as much as the solar eclipse did 🤷‍♂️