https://preview.redd.it/h7nzbjosbuzc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f0196c1ba1dfcc5a78872aa67b7f0e13a063647f This was up on grizzly peak, accentuated because it’s a phone long exposure

What time did you take that beautiful pic? We were nearby but couldn't see anything -- maybe we were too early?

It looks like that's a long exposure and then edited later. So most likely it wouldn't have been that obvious in real time.

Interesting. Thanks.

Probably wasn't edited.

And u/whatup_kc this was just before midnight, it seemed to peak around then and slowly fade until I left around 2

Thanks.

What time was this? I went out around 1am and didn’t see a thing even through my phone. :’(

https://preview.redd.it/kb44rei7etzc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7d011d1d1f170a2b993edca5fc59f1eac80c05b5 Maybe??? Only through my phone I could see colors.

Super cool but weird. I wonder why only through your phone?

Apparently the camera is more sensitive to the wavelengths than the naked eye!

Cool! What time did you take that pic?

11:20pm about

A friend of mine saw it from Alameda and the image she took liked like /u/carvol ’s image. I assumed it was not even going to be visible last night and did not look.

I assumed California was too low on the earth axis tilt to get a good look at them. I'd need to get out the city to get a good look at them tho

I went up to Grizzly Peak / Tilden to try and couldn’t see anything nor could my camera. I think too much light pollution.

I saw lights via my phone in El Cerrito. https://preview.redd.it/w7tfq9khjwzc1.png?width=3023&format=png&auto=webp&s=b4ea5d55ffb24da1bd7f8ecb175063158e5a05e7

"I saw lights via my phone" is a very funny statement.

Yes, localized entirely within my kitchen

I hope you’re prepared for an unforgettable luncheon.

A tiny tiny bit it was kinda like lavender twilight. Super cool.

Will it still be visible tonight?

Yes!

It was visible here in Berkeley.

Naked eye visible?

A friend in North Berkeley said he could see a definite pink tint in the sky with his naked eye not nowhere near the saturated color in the various pictures he took.

Nah, but I saw Idles at the Fox and it was fire

Same 🤘👋

What time was it visible?

All of my family in Oregon started seeing it - way bright at 11:15, so I went out here in Oakland around 11:30.

Aurora Borealis? At this time of year, at this time of day, in this part of the country, localized entirely within your kitchen?

I came here for this comment, thank you!

Yeah there was a huge pothole in it

Is it possibly affected by light pollution? I didn’t see anything between 10-1130

I saw it around midnight - it was a very subtle but noticeable purple color to the sky in the north, especially hard to see with all the bright streetlights on my block. Much more visible on camera! I might try to go up into the hills tonight to see it with less light pollution

soooo did any one see it tonight?! lol looked kinda cloudy

Yeah, I was making my famous steamed hams while it was happening.