Feeling slightly smug

[nwhiker]

Alas, today it was time for my niece and nephew to head back to Baton Rouge. We all had a blast having them here and would have loved to keep them longer. It's been an exhausting, if fun month.

And to cap it off... My nephew rilly rilly wanted to see the aurora. He knew it was unlikely. We went out two nights earlier in the month when activity was predicted, even if we didn't have much hope, but no dice.

Numbers looked good yesterday. Alas, there were lots and lots of clouds, and we were all falling asleep as we monitored the situation.

Then I noticed that there was going to be a band of no clouds, at the same time the Kp index was looking good.

We headed out.

And got to see the aurora! Kiddo was SO freaking excited, I'm feeling very smug about how the PNW treated him, lol. There were clouds, so the show didn't last long, but my god, it was visible naked eye.

Dh has better photos, but here's a few of my hand-held with the cell ones.

Comments

[camelsamba]

that's incredible! I need to get connected to the local forecast, because someone posted pictures on nextdoor from a night or two ago (maybe the same night as yours?) and I had no idea it was going on.

[nwhiker]

Damn, I tried to answer earlier via email, don't know if you saw it. Check tonight!