# Aurora Borealis did ya see it did ya see it

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**Created:** [November 6, 2001, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aurora-borealis-did-ya-see-it-did-ya-see-it/91866 "2001-11-06T21:41:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![justwannano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ab992/32.png) [@justwannano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justwannano)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2001, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aurora-borealis-did-ya-see-it-did-ya-see-it/91866/1 "2001-11-06T21:41:26Z")

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I’ve seen on TV that it was seen in New York and Pennsylvania. I saw it in SE Iowa and I see thread about it but forget the author,sorry,from N Illinois.

It was a vivid red when I checked it out about 10:30 last night.I would think you could have seen it much further south.

So??? Did ya se it???

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**Author:** ![Kiting\_Illini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e274bd/32.png) [@Kiting\_Illini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiting_Illini)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2001, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aurora-borealis-did-ya-see-it-did-ya-see-it/91866/2 "2001-11-06T21:49:26Z")

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I’m the one who saw it in N. Illinois. Was it only red there or did you get treated to the light show?

I’m wondering what the chances are for a multi-night display

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**Author:** ![Shadowfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Shadowfox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfox)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2001, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aurora-borealis-did-ya-see-it-did-ya-see-it/91866/3 "2001-11-06T22:06:40Z")

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According to this website, [http://www.spaceweather.com](http://www.spaceweather.com) , we might be able to see the aurora borealis for the next several evenings, although they won’t be as intense as they were last night. I was outside at 8 p.m. last night, but I guess the light show didn’t get started until sometime before 9 p.m. I would have loved to have seen that.

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**Author:** ![Kiting\_Illini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e274bd/32.png) [@Kiting\_Illini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiting_Illini)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2001, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aurora-borealis-did-ya-see-it-did-ya-see-it/91866/4 "2001-11-06T22:34:56Z")

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Great link Shadowfox…thanks!

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**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2001, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aurora-borealis-did-ya-see-it-did-ya-see-it/91866/5 "2001-11-06T22:42:18Z")

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This April, I was in Gilroy, CA and saw the most amazing thing I’ve ever seen in my life. The sky above the valley in the hills surrounding the ranch I was on was deep, glowing red. It shimmered. I swear, I could _hear_ it shimmer, from deep red to pink to an almost green. Never seen anything like it.

There had apparently been a solar flare, and we were seeing the residual gases or something. So it wasn’t _the_ Aurora Borealis, most likely, but it was still impressive. So impressive, in fact, that I dropped the hood of my friend’s car on his head when I saw the sky. 😉