Northern lights over OXFORD - 11th May 2024
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- A giant solar storm caused the northern lights to be visible as far south as Oxford on the 10th May 2024 🤯😍 here’s a quick timelapse of what I saw! The aurora are due to high energy particles buried up by the Sun in the solar storm hitting molecules in our atmosphere and causing them to glow. The greens are from Oxygen low down in the atmosphere, the pinks from Oxygen high up in the atmosphere, and the purples from Nitrogen. You could just about see the colours with your eyes alone but the camera picked it out even more #aurora #northernlights #geomagneticstorm #oxford #uk #astronomy #nightsky #womeninstem #timelapse
I’m waiting for them across the pond in northern Maine. Clear skies and cameras ready!
I’m in Maine as well Penopscot county have been waiting in my sister’s room for 21 minutes since 10, i’m literally like shaking because I’ve never seen them and always wanted to!
You reckon there's gonna be more tonight and tomorrow night?
@@rinleezprobably not because it was like a storm with the sun and that caused them to be brighter
@@rinleez yes there will be more! Check the NOAA space weather prediction center. The geomagnetic storm peaked again just 2 hours ago with G5 which is the highest possible level for Aurora! Enjoy the show tonight!
Apparently that sun storm isn't stopping and we're expecting more to come.@isabellawalker4779
I just spent over 3hrs watching the aurora out in a dark sky site here in southern MN. It was truly amazing, the way they dance and undalate directly overhead. And at times I could see the colors quite clearly, especially the red stood out. And then a little bit before I was going to head home it started to be a beautiful deep purple color, not like the green and red/pink that it had been for the whole time before that. I sure hope I can see another show like that again tonight.
"undulate."
I've seen two waves around 10 PM on May 10 and again around midnight May 11. Managed to take long exposure photos, but even with the naked eye I was able to distinguish the colours and the vertical lines appearing and disappearing.
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Such a beautiful thing to experience.
when i saw this, i ran outside. i thought it was too cloudy to see the aurora at first. then i realized the clouds were pulsing across the sky. got some brilliant pictures over the last few hours. can't thank you enough for the heads up, doc.
You’re so welcome! Glad you saw them
That's exactly what happened to me lol. The news said that the Aurora would probably be down low by the northern horizon and the forecast said "low" chance of Aurora. So when I came outside into my backyard and looked up for a second I wasn't expecting to see the Aurora so I was like "aww, clouds" and then I realized a second later that it wasn't actually clouds and the Aurora was directly overhead. It was mind blowing.
For those of you that missed this last night, fear not! Whether you're in Europe, North America or in the souther hemisphere, the show continue tonight. Just 2 hours ago the NOAA space weather prediction center announced G5 conditions occured again! This is expected to continue to come and go, so follow their forecasts and try going out a few times (the strength of these lights can change dramatically every few minutes). Let your eyes adjust to the dark, snap a few night mode photos, and enjoy!
Do you know when they will arrive/be visible?
Every time it was possible to see aurora where I live, it has been cloudy. I'm sad.
Same! In NM, and it WOULD have been visible for us where we are, but both nights it rained. I hate this.
I didn't find out about them until the second day. I stayed outside till nearly 1am and saw nothing. What made it even worse was that my neighbour had burned something revolting earlier on and the smell was still lingering.
saammee!
Overhead in Solihull. Hopefully some decent stills but most important my wife and 6yo saw it with me - just a month after seeing the total solar eclipse. 😊
Oregon had some amazing lights as well.👏
It was beautiful even here at the southern border of Oregon (42 N). I'd never seen them down here.
Oh this is so very AWESOME!!
They say we will get to see it here in Kansas, USA tonight!! So pumped to see it!! I've never seen the Aurora in-person before!! I can't WAIT!!
Keep looking all night long.
I got some pics of it here in Iowa as well. Very pretty
gorgeous! nothing but clouds where i am, but hopefully I'll have a chance tomorrow!
Just before the sunset here rain clouds rolled in here, beautiful, vibrant double rainbow, took nice panorama photos, rained all night, this morning well after sunrise they're breaking up. HOPE YOUR LOCATION WAS BETTER!!
Apparently there r coming to night as well I missed them last night m!😢😢😢
I ran to see it its so pretty
Oxford Michigan saw them too!
Too bloody bright in London!
We had beautiful clear skies all three nights they were predicted, but I couldn't get away from town for reasons, and there was to much ground light pollution and very tall, large old growth trees to see them from my yard. They're on my bucket list and I'm so disappointed. Maybe next time. Great footage, Dr. Becky - thank you for sharing it with us...
We got then ower is Idaho in the US too! Super pretty 🤩
wow i am waiting for todays one hope isnt Down yet!!!
My mom sent me pics from Kentucky...absolutely blew my mind
I saw the lights in Wisconsin yesterday, it was so cool
I saw them in UK, and they looked white to the eye but when I took a picture they were purple and green
Gorgeous view on Isle of Wight, hoping for more tonight
Lovely photons ❤
I’m gonna try spot them tonight in Yorkshire cause no body told me about them yesterday
I hope you had better luck than I did. I stayed out until nearly 1am, and not a glimmer.
What a beautiful show it was. Just got home, so glad I went out in the hopes of seeing it in the South of the UK.
I saw it last night, it was breathtakingly gorgeous even though the colours were a bit more subtle.
Nothing where I am in Germany. But people further south have posted amazing images.
Its really cloudy outside but i see a reddish-pink cloud! (Im in romania)
Beautiful. Gutted I missed it. Will try again tomorrow.
As long as it's dark, you stand a chance.
I’m in the same boat mate , I can’t believe I missed it because I was on my computer 😂
@@HPsawusMe too 😅
Alas, here in the city, such natural wonders are not visible in the sky (I think it was cloudy where I live as well)
I saw a lot of clouds last night. Easy to see them with all the city lights. So I probably wouldn’t have seen anything on a clear night.
It was cloudy here Friday night, and Saturday I had to drive over an hour to darker skies to see maybe half an hour of faint smudges. But hey, I got to see over three minutes of Totality earlier this year, so I think I'm still happy! :-D
I saw it in Georgia, it was beautiful
We saw them in Wiltshire too! Not as clear as we have seen in Iceland, but looked cool on a photo!
We got some great pictures over Calgary Alberta Canada
I’m so excited because I might see it today!!
Great to see such globally wide event! (But as an auroral scientist working in Tromsø Norway I watch this event with a "small amount of envy". This time we had clouds and drizzle - in addition to nearly daylight bright sky that comes with our close to midnight sun.)
Beautiful
The sun is especially active right now. Last night there was a very strong aurora in Tasmania, Australia. I live in southern Canada and the light pollution in populated areas makes for difficult viewing.
How do they make the music though? Do they make any other tunes?
THANK YOU SO MUCH for posting! I saw this and got my family to take a short drive the the western edge of the Great Salt Lake and captured some brilliantly colored images over the water. (Wish I could share them.)
We never though we'd get to see the Aurora Borealis.
I now realize I didn't get a time lapse video. :(
Their acting was so good they received a Grammy along with an Oscar at the same time
Pretty.
We're watching you, Puppy Fox.
They saw them in PALM SPRINGS! That is wild
Nice ❤
Yesterday i saw it! It has red and green with purple and blue!
Of course it is overcast here tonight. I missed the eclipse and the last two major meteor showers due to clouds and this is a place known for clear skies... 😡
Happy birthday, Dr. Becky! Old enough to know better?
i was out on the north Buckinghamshire Northampton boarder taking it all in
what a stunning display with more to come
3 have impacted 3 t go with the last of the 6 being the largest.
I never saw them Friday or yesterday. I was in a dark area up a hill yesterday but too cloudy to see them. Never saw them in my life.
Waiting in CT! The G2s earlier this year didn't have enough oomph to reach the lower latitudes... hoping I can catch them tonight!
We had some beautiful views over here in Blackpool. Luckily we were far enough away from the mass light pollution to get good views
I'm seeing posts of northern light pics all over the US tonight
I saw them to in St albans 😮
This was such a perfect surprise last night while sitting in south park ❤
New Jersey had some awesome grey clouds and fog.
stunning footage but im really dissapointed to see you didnt make a full video on this once in a lifetime view!
So many colors.....
We went to Norway in December to see them and and they were mainly green 💚. Last night in the Peak District, they were predominantly pink and purple 💜! 😮 Wow!
We have already been seeing grid power fluctuations. Our 120v system has hit 370v peaks today.
s shit thx for your testimony can you give an update every 6 hours is of great interest to me or warn us if it gets out of hand
Uh where? That's extremely bad
370V is your peak-to-peak voltage. Your RMS voltage is 370÷2 ×0.707 which is 130.8V. Still high, but not quite 370!😂
@@composimmonite3918 I was talking RMS. We had a few things damaged from that incident, but none were what you would've expected until you think about how they're designed. We unplugged most everything that was grid powered . Our refrigerator, freezer, well and lighting are all solar so that system was fine.
Hey Oxford😀. I just went to a conference there in Sommerville collage and that Somerville was a female astronomer and i said in the chatgroup i hope the torch can be handed to Becky Smethurst❤Someone notified me about the Aurora and so i looked for a quiet dark place and went to a sportsfield at st. Andrews School and with the naked eye it looked like white veils, but on the camera it looked amazing. I also never experienced one this intense. Last time i saw an Aurora was in Finland in 1997, but less colourful, though there was comet Hale Bopp with three tails.
Epic in New Zealand too.
I saw them in Central WI; they were very faint though, I thought they were clouds at first, but stars can't shine though clouds.
They were even visible in Germany last night. Not to the naked eye, or just barely when you knew what to look for, but without the colors. The camera picked it up though, when set to a long enough exposure.
I went to the Northcliff in Gwithian and saw the northern lights
who would have ever thought to see this in their lifetime, over oxford.
It's very faint in the middle of the USA, cameras on long exposure pick it up way better than my eyes.
Just saw then!!
I used to live up in the area of James Bay, and people there said sometimes, when it's really quiet and the lights are super bright, you can hear them. They said the sound is like crumpling plastic wrap. Is that possible? If so, how?
I’m in Vermont. Absolutely beautiful!!!!
I heard reports about this in Madrid, Spain but I missed it, I didn't know it was possible to see it here.
Trying to see it from the Netherlands tonight!
Pacific NorthWest،nice clear skies، might get lucky tonight
I saw mine and they were literally 🔛🔝❤
I can see them in Sparta TN, USA from up on the Plateau where it's dark.
I didn't know they came down that far south.
Wish the Bronx had auroras
Seymour, the house is on fire!
Aurora Borealis! 🤣
I'm MAD!!
Both nights it was supposed to be visible for us, IT RAINED! BOTH! TIMES!
Excellent! We are at latitude 34, so we don’t expect to see much.
Guys, if u can see the northern lights, I have a way you can, point your camera to the sky and turn your exposure all the way up! I got amazing pictures with this!!
Alaskan here. The red aurora is rarer. A tasty treat.
You have any advice for me my Aurora Timelapse from Nottingham has loads of views from news channels using my clip how do I get the publicity and support on my original video?
I saw them im washington state!! Unfortunately they were not very bright, only the cameras could see it
Wasn't able to capture any movement/video but I got some nice long exposure photos in Reading.
MN, Twin Cities, just an active, dancing, dull green here.
I'm having to work night shift here in west yorks and there are too many floodlights at work. So nothing for me here, gutted. I did get to see the toenail moon setting though.
couldn’t catch any in Oxford.. it’s too cloudy, better luck next time! also if anyone in the UK sees this in time check outside because you may see them!
And Michigan
It's a bit cloudy but we can definitely see it in New York right now
Overcast in Cambridge both nights.
Around midnight I took a look for TCrb (nothing to see there yet) and didn't notice any aurora. I may have been to early. (Germany)
LAST NIGHT NORTHERN LIGHTS WERE EVEN BETTER!
I’ve sent 2 hours and all I can see is night sky
-Not just a magnetic storm from the sun but there are signs the Earth's poles are beginning to shift like evidence has strongly suggested happens every so often in Earth's history. Probably no need to worry though, it's thought that it likely happens gradually over a long period of time.
Can't wait for nightfall here. We live very far north, so this should be the full sky of light.
helppp i spent more tha 30 minutes looking south from outside my home 😂
Wats a good time for this ?
From 11pm-2am.
@@Cutefox1014 🙇♂️🙏🤝 that's perfect o- respect @cutefox🙇♂️
@@jameshickey1294 thank you. :)
I never thought that the first time I see the aurorae would be in Southern Germany
Thos was beautifull we went ao close!