Bright red cloud! (Dublin)

Wonderful!

After watching the bright blue glow in the N/NE sky for about 2 hours here
in Dublin, at exactly midnight we saw a reddish streak ascend into the sky
in the west/north west. Over the course of 3-4 minutes it grew into a
glowing bright pink/red 'cloud' of light - Framed against bright blue/green
fingers of light and what looked like spotlights shining upwards.

John.
http://www.irishastronomy.com/

The view from South Dublin and North Wicklow (Lat 53 degrees N) was quite
Amazing. I've uploaded some images to
http://www.cademuir.net/gallery/aurora/index.html

Apologies in advance to those currently sitting under clouds!

Right back outside, though it seems to have died off now.

Cheers,
~Al
Irish Federation of Astronomical Societies
www.irishastronomy.org

John Honan wrote:

Wonderful!

After watching the bright blue glow in the N/NE sky for about 2 hours here
in Dublin, at exactly midnight we saw a reddish streak ascend into the sky
in the west/north west. Over the course of 3-4 minutes it grew into a
glowing bright pink/red 'cloud' of light - Framed against bright blue/green
fingers of light and what looked like spotlights shining upwards.


I just saw gray clouds - but they were backlit by green !!!
And they were thin enough to let an occasional star shine though
now and then - (I think I spotted Deneb and Vega).
30 km outside Stockholm. Last night - tonight is overcast.