Mike Wagenbach wrote:
Shawn wrote in message ...

Shawn wrote:


Poked my head out back at 8:30 MST. Green glow to the north. Drove a
mile north of town with my family & observing buddy Matt, to get clear
of the lights. A bright glow extended from NNE to NW from the horizon
to about 30 degrees. After about 10 minutes of dark adapting, we saw a
faint red glow near the upper extent of the display.
The green glow is still (10:30 MST) visible from my back yard.
Brightest aurora I've ever seen :-)

Shawn
Salida, CO


I thought the diffuse light I saw when coming in from a movie was
haze, but luckily saw alert on my email and went back out. AMAZING!
Flickering streaks, curtains, BRIGHT bars, one bright meteor and a
distinct red glow at one time. Watched for about an hour from 9-10
PST, came out again around 11 saw another 20 to 30', finally gave up
when sore neck started to compete with the loss of novelty. Not bad
for dirty old Seattle. I guess I'll renew that Spaceweather phone
deal after all!

Mike

There's a switch Seattle nice, while Salida clouded up by 11:00. See
Mike, it's not all 6th mag skies and no rain here (just usually ;-)
The one disappointing thing about this display was that we didn't see
any detail, only a bright glow.

Shawn