Aurora Borealis red alert for the Uk tonight.

[Fire_fly]

Just a pink and green glow here with no real shape to it unlike in May.

 

[something daft already!!]

Some images my bothers and I took from different locations in the UK this evening.

 

[Nemiyen]

Happening now. Can see with eyes.

 

[CGrieves]

Huge ramp-up in activity- 1400nT. Just as the clouds roll in. Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuudge!

 

[iamtheoneneo]

very red here.

 

[Nemiyen]

Huge ramp-up in activity- 1400nT. Just as the clouds roll in. Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuudge!

No wonder I could see it with my eyes, and they're usually crap!

 

[ajf]

Aurora near Bewdley, England by Andrew Farmer, on Flickr

 

[VaderDSL]

Quite impressive here in East Lancashire

 

[Nemiyen]

https://imgur.com/a/RurVIJ2

 

[CGrieves]

Managed to dust off the Fuji X-T3, find a Gorilla pod and kick off some time lapses. Will see what it comes up with tomorrow.

 

[Jon20]

Aurora by Jonathan Astley, on Flickr
Aurora by Jonathan Astley, on Flickr
Aurora by Jonathan Astley, on Flickr
Aurora by Jonathan Astley, on Flickr
Aurora by Jonathan Astley, on Flickr

Taken on an iPhone 16 Pro, in the garden. First time I've seen it, absolutely amazed, so pretty.

 

[Rroff]

Huge ramp-up in activity- 1400nT. Just as the clouds roll in. Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuudge!

Same here clouds rolled in

 

[throwaway4372]

When you're trying to see this, do you have to sit there for ages waiting for something to flash, or will it just be there if it's going to be?

I woke up at 3am so had a look outside, but nothing there.

 

[godinman]

It's just there. Often it's only visible in long exposure photos, although the other month it was visible to the naked eye where I was which was pretty sick.

 

[Zairs]

Looks like it hit 1500nt at midnight looking at the app, bet that looked impressive

 

[Zairs]

Is there a reason this keeps happening in the UK now?

 

[Diddums]

Missed it, even though it was visible at one point right on our street.

This was one of our neighbours:

 

[Jokester]

Is there a reason this keeps happening in the UK now?

Sun's at the peak of it's 11 year cycle, so there's increased solar activitiy.

 

[Nemiyen]

When you're trying to see this, do you have to sit there for ages waiting for something to flash, or will it just be there if it's going to be?

I woke up at 3am so had a look outside, but nothing there.

For us, we were out taking pictures when it was a lower aurora release and during that, it ramped up and i couldn't see anything by eye at first, just on my phone, and then a massive red curve appeared in the sky by eye and you didn't need the camera to see it.

Most people can probably see if by eye at the point I could only see it on pictures taken, depending on where you live, but we were just out at the right time and it sounds like it was a very rare occurance to hit above 1500!

 

[Hawk Tuah]

Managed to snap a few pics. Not quite as vivid as last time.