# Possible auroras in the continental US tonight! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 10, 2024, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-auroras-in-the-continental-us-tonight/1001370 "2024-05-10T17:09:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2024, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-auroras-in-the-continental-us-tonight/1001370/1 "2024-05-10T17:09:15Z")
From a big coronal mass ejection. Recall those red prominences from the eclipse? [are they they same thing or related somehow?] [https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/news/swpc-issues-its-first-g4-watch-2005](https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/news/swpc-issues-its-first-g4-watch-2005) As far south as Alabama possibly. DANG. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2024, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-auroras-in-the-continental-us-tonight/1001370/2 "2024-05-10T17:30:54Z")
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**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2024, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-auroras-in-the-continental-us-tonight/1001370/3 "2024-05-10T17:31:34Z")