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Alaska resident here…Auroras have been going nuts last few days. My wife and I texted all the neighbors on Monday night. The whole street came out to watch. Usually, we mostly see green and occasionally silver/white. Monday night was was a lot of red/white/green. Reds seem to be the most rare

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Looks like you’ve been SLAMMED

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That’s so fucking awesome!

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I’ve seen some lights in my lifetime, in MT mostly. Can you see other colors (like the rare red, purple, etc) without a camera?

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Yes. I used to live in Alaska but moved some time ago. These look to me like I remembered seeing them. Different elements emit different colored like, the same way different materials burn different colored flames. Same reason, same colors.

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The picture is pretty close to what we saw by the naked eye.

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That squealing sound you will be hearing are my tires as I peal out of my driveway to go watch the northern lights tomorrow

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Again with the slams?

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bar customers SLAMS glass against counter, demands another beer

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The Aurora forecast maps don’t show it going that far south at all.

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Yeah, not even close. I was absolutely ready to drive north tomorrow night to watch it until I checked NOAA. Now I’m going to stay here and get drunk.

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The article did a shit job of linking to it, but here’s the actual verbatim

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Picking California as a reference is so stupid. Like, it’s long as hell.

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Even the north most parts of California experiencing auroras is a newsworthy event though!

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