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LeedsLad123
10 May 2024 23:24:18

The wierd thing is that I first saw it looking south. That's how crazy it is; its directly overhead!

I feel like this is a once in a lifetime experience, at least for this latitude.
 

Originally Posted by: Quantum 


ditto - I was expecting to have to look low towards the northern horizon, I did not expect to look out of my bedroom window and see the northern lights directly above! 

A first for me at 36 years old. 
Whitkirk, Leeds - 85m ASL.
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picturesareme
10 May 2024 23:37:51
To my North, south, west, east, and directly above!! Insane!!!!  Pillars of light going directly over head, amazing naked eye colours. Absolutely mental. 
ozone_aurora
10 May 2024 23:41:08
The Aurora was amazing, even over urban parts of Sheffield! It is the best I've seen for the UK since 13/14 March 1989.

Btw, how does one post photos on TWO?
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ozone_aurora
10 May 2024 23:48:21
It's also been seen in France; in Belfort area close to Switzerland.
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picturesareme
10 May 2024 23:48:29
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Windy Willow
10 May 2024 23:58:02

The Aurora was amazing, even over urban parts of Sheffield! It is the best I've seen for the UK since 13/14 March 1989.

Btw, how does one post photos on TWO?

Originally Posted by: ozone_aurora 

You could always share them on the TWO Gallery, you can find that on the home page.
South Holland, Lincs 5m/16ft ASL

When I saw corruption, I was forced to find truth on my own. I couldn't swallow the hypocrisy.

Barry White


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Retron
11 May 2024 04:16:10
Gah, I hate summer even more now... why couldn't that have happened in winter, when I'm actually awake when it's dark! 😂

Nothing to see this morning, just low cloud and gloom, even though it's still going on.
Leysdown, north Kent
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Heavy Weather 2013
11 May 2024 05:12:15

Gah, I hate summer even more now... why couldn't that have happened in winter, when I'm actually awake when it's dark! 😂

Nothing to see this morning, just low cloud and gloom, even though it's still going on.

Originally Posted by: Retron 



Amazing few hours even here in inner London. Here are a few I captured:

https://x.com/markhac56209533/status/1789063264195748000?s=46&t=0CzXil3QOYbo8W1abHQyVQ 
Mark
Beckton, E London
Less than 500m from the end of London City Airport runway.
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Roger Parsons
11 May 2024 05:16:13
"The Northern Lights are making a rare appearance across the UK, delighting sky watchers up and down the country.
Excited onlookers shared pictures of the lights, also known as aurora borealis, from areas including Liverpool, Kent, Norfolk and Sussex. There have also been sightings in parts of Scotland."

Northern Lights in dazzling display across the UK
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1ej1kk0d88o 
RogerP
West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire
Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.
William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830
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Retron
11 May 2024 05:20:11

Amazing few hours even here in inner London. Here are a few I captured:

Originally Posted by: Heavy Weather 2013 



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Risking it being some sort of porn or other dodgy content, I clicked through anyway... fantastic photos there! 👍

Local social media is alive with photos, so I can see what I missed: fantastic waves of pink and green, even some purple by the looks of it. My webcam caught it too, shining behind the Scots Pine, albeit only in shades of grey as it was nighttime.

Remarkable, I can't recall there being such widespread aurora before down here... the times I've seen it have been a green glow on the northern horizon, rather than (judging by the webcam) pretty much overhead!
Leysdown, north Kent
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DEW
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11 May 2024 05:25:41
Visible in the S Downs and lots of watchers out to see it. Very much overhead , but not visible toward the S Horizon.

I missed the spectacular colours, but that could be my poor pink/green colour vision - people were picking them up with some colour enhancement on their phone cameras.
War does not determine who is right, only who is left - Bertrand Russell

Chichester 12m asl
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Perthite1
11 May 2024 05:45:06
This is a quite the coronal mass ejection. Aurora clear to see here in Perth this morning, we are equivalent of North Africa in the northern hemisphere. It appears there are six pulse phases so this will continue through the weekend. The potential damage to communication and electronics across Earth have to be considered. 
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Tim A
11 May 2024 06:27:27
If anything the strongest bit here was slightly to the south of overhead. More pinks and purples to the South and overhead and greens to the North.   But you could see it all clearly and flickering/moving with  the naked eye, even on the edge of a big city. 

Given it appeared overhead and even to the south and the fact it's not properly dark the further north you go, I  wonder what the optimum latitude for viewing was? 
Tim
NW Leeds
187m asl

 My PWS 
Snowfall Winter 24/25: 18/11 5cm, 23/11 9cm, 22/12: dusting, 5/1 16cm, 6/1 6cm top-up , 7/1 1cm top-up.
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Bolty
11 May 2024 08:08:26
Reading the comments on here and some of the photos online etc, I also get a feeling that last night was indeed a once in a lifetime event. I'm 26 and I wonder if we'll see an aurora that strong again before even I pop it?

And I also don't know what I'm more impressed by - the aurora or the fact it occurred on a clear night? 😮
Scott
Blackrod, Lancashire (4 miles south of Chorley) at 156m asl.
My weather station 
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The Beast from the East
11 May 2024 08:31:17

Reading the comments on here and some of the photos online etc, I also get a feeling that last night was indeed a once in a lifetime event. I'm 26 and I wonder if we'll see an aurora that strong again before even I pop it?

And I also don't know what I'm more impressed by - the aurora or the fact it occurred on a clear night? 😮

Originally Posted by: Bolty 



I didnt even know about this until I read this thread late last night but it was all over. What time did it happen? I was probably in the pub but nobody there mentioned anything. 
Purley, Surrey, 70m ASL

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The Beast from the East
11 May 2024 08:33:15

This is a quite the coronal mass ejection.

Originally Posted by: Perthite1 



Sounds like something Boris would say to his latest mistress!

 
Purley, Surrey, 70m ASL

"We have some alternative facts for you"

Kelly-Ann Conway - former special adviser to the President
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westv
11 May 2024 08:38:24
I missed it but plenty of pics on the neighbourhood FB page here in Hull.
At least it will be mild!
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ozone_aurora
11 May 2024 08:41:16

I didnt even know about this until I read this thread late last night but it was all over. What time did it happen? I was probably in the pub but nobody there mentioned anything. 

Originally Posted by: The Beast from the East 


I occurred roughly between 11 pm - 12 am. It caught me a bit of a surprise, as previous red alerts have only produced very little display here in Sheffield but it was amazing considering it was in light polluted parts of Sheffield. Managed to get a few photos of it.
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The Beast from the East
11 May 2024 08:51:43

I occurred roughly between 11 pm - 12 am. It caught me a bit of a surprise, as previous red alerts have only produced very little display here in Sheffield but it was amazing considering it was in light polluted parts of Sheffield. Managed to get a few photos of it.

Originally Posted by: ozone_aurora 



I would have been in the pub, but I left at about 11.40, but I didnt notice anything on the way home, though I wasnt really looking up, I tend to look behind for potential muggers and down to avoid stepping in dog sh"t! 

 
Purley, Surrey, 70m ASL

"We have some alternative facts for you"

Kelly-Ann Conway - former special adviser to the President
Chunky Pea
11 May 2024 08:57:19
Great show, but the colours tended to come out stronger on camera than to the naked eye.
East Galway, Ireland.
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Caz
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11 May 2024 08:57:28
I can’t believe I missed it. Our son took lots of photos from our house and it looks amazing!  
Market Warsop, North Nottinghamshire.
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westv
11 May 2024 09:08:45

Great show, but the colours tended to come out stronger on camera than to the naked eye.

Originally Posted by: Chunky Pea 


I did wonder if that. 
At least it will be mild!
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Quantum
11 May 2024 09:34:17
For those that missed it a few points to make you feel better.

Conditions still look good for tonight!

Also the photos are slightly misleading, it doesn't look like that with the naked eye. Its still absolutely spectacular, but the camera shots are high exposure; to the naked eye you can still see the pillars but the colours are much dimmer.

It was still an amazing experience!
2024/2025 Snow days (850hpa temp):10 days with snow/sleet falling
18/11 (-6), 19/11 (-6), 23/11 (-2), 22/12 (-5), 04/01 (-5), 05/01 (0),14/02 (0), 15/02 (0)12/03 (-6), 13/03 (-6),
2023/2024 8 days 29/11 (-6), 30/11 (-6), 02/12 (-5), 03/12 (-5), 04/12 (-3), 16/01 (-3), 18/01 (-8), 08/02 (-5)
2022/2023 7 days 18/12 (-1), 06/03 (-6), 08/03 (-8), 09/03 (-6), 10/03 (-8), 11/03 (-5), 14/03 (-6)
2021/2022 12 days
26/11 (-5), 27/11 (-7), 28/11 (-6), 02/12 (-6), 06/01 (-5), 07/01 (-6), 06/02 (-5), 19/02 (-5), 24/02 (-7), 30/03 (-7), 31/03 (-8), 01/04 (-8)
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westv
11 May 2024 09:53:26
Presumably this won't proceed an alien invasion.
At least it will be mild!
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Roger Parsons
11 May 2024 10:01:52

I can’t believe I missed it. Our son took lots of photos from our house and it looks amazing!  

Originally Posted by: Caz 

It's not over yet! We're going to try again tonight.

Keep checking live data on AuroraWatch.
https://aurorawatch.lancs.ac.uk/ 

Spaceweather.com says:
"It is subsiding now (currently category G3), but it is not over. More CMEs are expected to hit Earth's magnetic field during the next 24-48 hours, and they could push the storm back to severe or even extreme levels"
https://spaceweather.com/ 
 
RogerP
West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire
Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.
William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830
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