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electric_blue68

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18. Both my parents had seen them decades apart!

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Mon Jan 19, 2026, 08:15 PM

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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.

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Look up to the sky tonight--if in these areas........... [View all] riversedge Monday OP

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

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

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

over Iceland riversedge Monday #5

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chuckle!! riversedge Yesterday #21

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

Northern Lights so bright the earth turned green riversedge Monday #9

Wow! electric_blue68 Monday #17

Amazing TY electric_blue68 Monday #14

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

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

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

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

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Kick! liberalla Monday #13

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

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

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

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

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