HOLY HIGH-ENERGY SOLAR WIND PARTICLES!

I can see the aurora by eye! MY FIRST TIME EVER!!!

The bright star in the middle is Deneb. The glow shows up way better in photos.

Holy wow. Wow.

@badastro That's very cool. I saw the aurora a few months ago here in New Hampshire, but it was very faint to the naked eye, although clearly visible on an iPhone camera. Tonight, though, it was very bright and clear. When I walked outside, I was stunned. Again, the camera captures it better, but what the naked eye saw was still pretty spectacular.
@badastro So of course it's cloudy where I am. >:-(
@badastro chose my seat based on this post. Of course looked almost nothing like that, almost imperceptible to the naked eye. Somewhere over western Michigan on a flight from Denver to Detroit.
@elset oh wow! What a fantastic shot!

@badastro ok

The view from West Wales 😉🤷‍♂️

@badastro Clearly it's the afterglow from the space laser being used to create hurricanes!
@badastro yes first time for my unaided eyes also 🙂