Did I see it in Central California?

[usonian]

I checked the Yosemite webcams after giving up on an aurora sighting, and look 11:45 PDT:
That is one sensitive camera. It takes star pictures.
And the moon had already set at 11:25




Now that looked interesting, so I got out the camera and set it for long exposure in the northern direction.
The result is not the usual dark sky color.
There is nothing in that general direction except Yosemite National Park.




No processing, just a 15 second exposure at f/4, 22mm focal length.

It's mighty late, so I'll just pass these along, as likely aurora photos from latltude 37.5 degrees North.

ON EDIT.
I kicked up the brightness in the photo ONLY to show structure, and stars that weren't visible in the first photo.
The first represents how it looked to the unaided eye.


This has more detail to enjoy, but is definitely enhanced.

Probably not the lowest latitude the aurora was seen.



Webcam courtesy of Yosemite Conservancy.
https://yosemite.org

[2naSalit]

1. Oooh!

Nice!

[canetoad]

2. That looks like it to me

Not that I've ever seen an aurora IRL

Hoping to head out with camera tonight and point it towards south pole. Apparently tonight is THE NIGHT!

[usonian]

3. Try north, presuming you're in the northern hemisphere.

All bets are off for the other half.
Good luck.

[elleng]

4. Right!

'Mostly cloudy' here, nothing happening.

[usonian]

6. I got some nice cloud photos earlier today, but they went away (I think)

Scares me when the photos show dark spots, but they're birds at an enormous distance. (or not)

[mahatmakanejeeves]

8. Ditto. Didn't bother to look.

And good morning.

[elleng]

10. Good morning!

I actually stepped outside, and looked north, to confirm 'nothing happening.'

'Partly cloudy' here until 7 p.m. today, then 'mostly cloudy' until 2 a.m., then 'partly' and 'mostly' most of the day; 'sunny' and 'clear' won't appear until 8 p.m. Sunday!

[canetoad]

5. There's nothing between me

And Antarctica except the northwest corner of Tassie.

[usonian]

7. There may be more.

https://democraticunderground.com/100218940136
CME's keep on coming.
Have fun.

[Sympthsical]

9. Extremely visible in California

I went out around 11pm. This is one of the pics I took. Iphone with a three second exposure near Napa.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=18940256

It continued to strengthen the later it got until the entire northern sky was a very strong fuchsia color visible to the naked eye similar to your middle picture.