After lots of false alerts, and space weather warnings that led to little more than fuzzy green glows on the horizon, barely visible to the naked eye and certainly not worth staying up late for… finally, aurora!
Not just a little, but crazy bright, visible-from-downtown-despite-the-full-moon sort of aurora. After seeing how bright it was, we headed up out of town to watch the show for a little longer.
It was barely any time before the dancing lights dimmed down to a vague glow on the horizon, but we sat and waiting and try to lure them back.
Alas, they would not return.
We’re heading into a peak in solar activity over the next few years (it’s an 11 year cycle), so there might be more like this on the way.