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[OC] Snap of tonight's storm from southern England (mander.xyz)
submitted 4 days ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/spaceweather@mander.xyz
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8 sec exposure on my cell phone. Amazingly bright tonight!!

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[–] vikingtons@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm in the south east and presently clouded out, but I think the rain will fade within an hour from now.

fingies crossed

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Here's from the first rope that hit around 10p. Let's hope the winds turn south again in the next few hours, there's some movement. Keep an eye on spaceweatherlive.com and that linked thread in my other comment. :))

[–] vikingtons@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

appreciate you!

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 2 points 3 days ago

For context:

Think of how the event looks on the star:

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

@Sal@mander.xyz hope you catch it tonight! Been getting pictures from Northern Europe in major cities like Antwerp. :)

[–] Sal@mander.xyz 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Cool! Unfortunately it is not visible out of my window, and just saw this right as I am going to sleep... I imagine I would need to travel at least to the edge of the city to maaaybe get to see it, right? Or are these views really possible from within a city?

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I just got an alert that there's more incoming, keep an eye out! It was extremely bright here even in the city and I'm much farther south than you. I was shocked. It only lasted about an hour before.