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riversedge

(80,419 posts) Mon Jan 19, 2026, 04:43 PM Jan 19

Look up to the sky tonight--if in these areas...........

We here in mid WI have partly sunny skies right now--has been cloudy--but still only Minus 2 degrees.

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Look up to the sky tonight--if in these areas........... (Original Post) riversedge Jan 19 OP

Wow! Here is the current view over Falkenberg, Germany! Quite amazing red aurora from this mid-latitude location. Europe riversedge Jan 19 #1

WOW I've seen the Northern Lights in Skye before, but NEVER like that. Insane. Completely visible to the naked eye ev riversedge Jan 19 #2

UNBELIEVABLE‼️😱🥳😍 I never would have expected to see auroras like this near Munich. Never! What an aurora show!! riversedge Jan 19 #3

over Iceland riversedge Jan 19 #5

A rare, very large meteor blazed across the sky over Norway during the northern lights. The bright fireball was seen by riversedge Jan 19 #4

Trump called it a sign from God telling Norway to award him a Nobel Peace Prize. 11 Bravo Jan 19 #7

chuckle!! riversedge Jan 20 #21

Now, that's just piling on ! nt eppur_se_muova Jan 19 #8

Northern Lights so bright the earth turned green riversedge Jan 19 #9

Wow! electric_blue68 Jan 19 #17

Amazing TY electric_blue68 Jan 19 #14

We're socked in by fog in NW Montana. Maru Kitteh Jan 19 #6

Maybe we all can see them through the clouds? mysteryowl Jan 19 #10

If there's any gaps you might catch a glimpse in between electric_blue68 Jan 19 #15

Here's a great website monitoring solar weather 24/7 red dog 1 Jan 19 #11

TY I usually go to the Geophysical Institute of Alaska Uni which has electric_blue68 Jan 19 #16

Never had the opportunity to see one (outside of television) Torchlight Jan 19 #12

Kick! liberalla Jan 19 #13

Both my parents had seen them decades apart! electric_blue68 Jan 19 #18

Northern lights in Qaqortoq, South Greenland, this evening. riversedge Jan 20 #19

🚨: Extreme Northern Lights recorded tonight 20 Jan 2026, over Tombstone Mountain Park, Canada 🍁 with a deer...... riversedge Jan 20 #20

That's no deer. That's Bullwinkle. n/t DFW Jan 20 #22

So THAT'S why Trump wants Greenland. DFW Jan 20 #23

riversedge

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1. Wow! Here is the current view over Falkenberg, Germany! Quite amazing red aurora from this mid-latitude location. Europe

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Mon Jan 19, 2026, 05:02 PM

Jan 19

Coming to the USA soon.............

Wow! Here is the current view over Falkenberg, Germany! Quite amazing red aurora from this mid-latitude location. Europe get outside!

https://go.theauroraguy.com/webcams

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riversedge

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2. WOW I've seen the Northern Lights in Skye before, but NEVER like that. Insane. Completely visible to the naked eye ev

Reply to riversedge (Reply #1)

Mon Jan 19, 2026, 05:27 PM

Jan 19

WOW

I’ve seen the Northern Lights in Skye before, but NEVER like that.

Insane.

Completely visible to the naked eye even around streetlights.
Chuffed my mum finally seen them after complaining she’s never seen them after living in Skye her whole life!

Literally walk out into my back garden and looks just like these pics.

#auroraborealis #northernlights #isleofskye

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riversedge

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3. UNBELIEVABLE‼️😱🥳😍 I never would have expected to see auroras like this near Munich. Never! What an aurora show!!

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Mon Jan 19, 2026, 05:37 PM

Jan 19

UNBELIEVABLE‼️😱🥳😍
I never would have expected to see auroras like this near Munich. Never! What an aurora show!!

#aurora #auroraborealis #munich

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riversedge

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5. over Iceland

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Mon Jan 19, 2026, 05:44 PM

Jan 19

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riversedge

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4. A rare, very large meteor blazed across the sky over Norway during the northern lights. The bright fireball was seen by

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Mon Jan 19, 2026, 05:41 PM

Jan 19

A rare, very large meteor blazed across the sky over Norway during the northern lights. The bright fireball was seen by multiple witnesses, and experts believe fragments may have fallen near the Oslo area. 🌌☄️
#Meteor #Norway #AuroraBorealis #SpaceEvents

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11 Bravo

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7. Trump called it a sign from God telling Norway to award him a Nobel Peace Prize.

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Mon Jan 19, 2026, 06:09 PM

Jan 19

riversedge

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21. chuckle!!

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Tue Jan 20, 2026, 05:13 AM

Jan 20

eppur_se_muova

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8. Now, that's just piling on ! nt

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Mon Jan 19, 2026, 06:31 PM

Jan 19

riversedge

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9. Northern Lights so bright the earth turned green

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Mon Jan 19, 2026, 06:59 PM

Jan 19

Northern Lights so bright the earth turned green

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electric_blue68

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17. Wow!

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Mon Jan 19, 2026, 08:05 PM

Jan 19

electric_blue68

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14. Amazing TY

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Mon Jan 19, 2026, 07:56 PM

Jan 19

Maru Kitteh

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6. We're socked in by fog in NW Montana.

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Mon Jan 19, 2026, 05:48 PM

Jan 19

Bummer.

mysteryowl

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10. Maybe we all can see them through the clouds?

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Mon Jan 19, 2026, 07:28 PM

Jan 19

My weather app shows clouds across the US.
Sometimes it clears up in the late evening.

electric_blue68

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15. If there's any gaps you might catch a glimpse in between

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Mon Jan 19, 2026, 07:57 PM

Jan 19

red dog 1

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11. Here's a great website monitoring solar weather 24/7

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Mon Jan 19, 2026, 07:38 PM

Jan 19

https://solarham.com

electric_blue68

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16. TY I usually go to the Geophysical Institute of Alaska Uni which has

Reply to red dog 1 (Reply #11)

Mon Jan 19, 2026, 08:03 PM

Jan 19

the Aurora Forecast monitor

Torchlight

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12. Never had the opportunity to see one (outside of television)

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Mon Jan 19, 2026, 07:42 PM

Jan 19

A New England trip is approaching in 12 months and we're hoping we get the chance then; if one shpows up while we're there, we'll make an evening of it.

liberalla

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13. Kick!

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Mon Jan 19, 2026, 07:45 PM

Jan 19

Good luck and good viewing everyone!

electric_blue68

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18. Both my parents had seen them decades apart!

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Mon Jan 19, 2026, 08:15 PM

Jan 19

My mom as a kid with her family. A hot summer night in the late ?1920's early 1930's in NYC, sleeping up on the roof to be a bit cooler.
Suddenly a glowy red light in the sky, eventually the full green "curtains"!

My dad late 1960's visiting a regional manager in Seattle, WA.

The one in Oct '24 my sister's neighbors in the top of Manhattan saw it. She faces the wrong direction.
She sent me one of their photographs. It was amazing !
Can't say I wasn't envious.

riversedge

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19. Northern lights in Qaqortoq, South Greenland, this evening.

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Tue Jan 20, 2026, 03:20 AM

Jan 20

Northern lights in Qaqortoq, South Greenland, this evening.

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riversedge

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20. 🚨: Extreme Northern Lights recorded tonight 20 Jan 2026, over Tombstone Mountain Park, Canada 🍁 with a deer......

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Tue Jan 20, 2026, 05:11 AM

Jan 20

🚨: Extreme Northern Lights recorded tonight 20 January 2026, over Tombstone Mountain Park, Canada 🍁

These photographs are completely unreal — tonight's aurora show is brightest and strongest in more than 20 years. 🌌✨