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CanoeViking

11/11/2025 10:28PM

The Aurora borealis was the best ever tonight. You didn’t even need a camera to see incredible shows of red pink and green. I even saw them vividly in the south and actually right now they’re all in the south and nothing in the north. It was just otherworldly. Hopefully everybody else got to see them too!

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scat

11/12/2025 06:21AM

Wow! That is really amazing.

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ducks

11/12/2025 06:25AM

They were bright to the naked eye and they started around 7:00 so we didn’t even have to stay up late.

Ride EZ

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NEIowapaddler

11/12/2025 06:46AM

They were absolutely spectacular here in Iowa. By far the best I've ever seen.

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egknuti

11/12/2025 07:23AM

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grizzlyadams

11/12/2025 07:27AM

From Southeast Minnesota

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Mocha

11/12/2025 07:41AM

wow!!! i need to stay up tonight. and drive out of town.

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egknuti

11/12/2025 08:02AM

Mocha: "wow!!! i need to stay up tonight. and drive out of town. "

My pics were from St. Paul just south of downtown.

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mooseplums

11/12/2025 08:33AM

"I am haunted by waters"~Norman Maclean "A River Runs Through It"

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JimmyJustice

11/12/2025 09:47AM

Lakeville

Fate whispers to the warrior "You cannot withstand the storm" and the warrior whispers back "I am the storm". Unknown.

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prettypaddle

11/12/2025 11:08AM

Amazing pictures everyone! We could even see it from just outside Chicago despite our neighbor's annoying 24/7 lights!

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Jackfish

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11/12/2025 11:46AM

Ho-lee cow! Brilliant skies! Amazing.

"Keep close to Nature's heart, yourself; and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean." ~ John Muir

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portagerunner

11/12/2025 01:06PM

Was on the way home from hunting and pulled over down a dark road north of Motley MN. Did my best to enjoy the show while dodging deer on the highway.

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WhiteWolf

11/12/2025 01:39PM

West of Des Moines, cell phone,, unedited , 3.5 sec exposure. Editing actually made pics worse the event was that vivid. Clearly saw curtain effect , deep red and greens with naked eye , top 5 event all time Ive seen , certainly the best ever in IA

The two loudest sounds known to man: a gun that goes bang when it is supposed to go click and a gun that goes click when it is supposed to go bang.

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sns

11/12/2025 01:50PM

Ferryville, down the Mississippi a few hours from MSP

"I don't care what you believe. I care what you can prove." -Philosopher & Mathematician JJJ

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OgemaBlackstone

11/12/2025 01:51PM

I spent most my life within feet of the northern border. Now I am within feet of the southern border, and I brought the northern lights with me. This is near Boquillas, Mexico. More reds and very little greens. This is very rare for the lights to be seen on the Rio Grande.

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BWPaddler

11/12/2025 04:01PM

Super cool - I was so happy I was still awake and not in my pajamas. I drove a few miles in the metro area to get north of an annoying sky light. Was really nice panoramic view, but my favorite pictures are the ones with trees. So tonight I will shoot for finding trees with enough of an opening to see the show.

Very cool it could be seen on the Mexican border!!!

Wherever there is a channel for water, there is a road for the canoe. -Thoreau

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NEIowapaddler

11/12/2025 05:17PM

My cousin who lives in Atlanta said she saw them for the first time down there. Crazy how far south they were visible.

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Zulu

11/12/2025 06:02PM

I looked up from my camp at Dead Horse Point State Park near Moab Utah and thought it was light pollution from Moab! Never thought I would see Aurora this far south! Heavy clouds here tonight unfortunately. Hope YOU see them!

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Chieflonewatie

11/12/2025 07:20PM

We had an overcast sky no luck along Lake Michigan.

Chief Lone Watie

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JimmyJustice

11/13/2025 09:48AM

Son took time to look up at the sky last night. Grand Forks ND.

Fate whispers to the warrior "You cannot withstand the storm" and the warrior whispers back "I am the storm". Unknown.

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preacherdave

11/13/2025 01:49PM

From central Illinois

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ForestDuff

11/13/2025 08:13PM

What amazed me the most being in the south metro of the Twin Cities, is that I went out late and it wasn't super visible to the eye, but I took pics with the phone to the N,S,E,W, and straight above........and it was complete coverage of the sky. A dome of Northern Lights.

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Samsquatch

11/15/2025 04:07PM

Missouri

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CanoeViking

11/18/2025 02:30PM

ForestDuff: "What amazed me the most being in the south metro of the Twin Cities, is that I went out late and it wasn't super visible to the eye, but I took pics with the phone to the N,S,E,W, and straight above........and it was complete coverage of the sky. A dome of Northern Lights.

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Yes, this is how it was for me to in MN. Towards the end they were strongest in the South. Best light show ever!

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grizzlyadams

11/21/2025 10:22AM

I spent 36 years never witnessing them and now I have gotten to see them the last two years! Really cool to see but crazy that they are becoming more visible further and further south.

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portagerunner

11/21/2025 11:11AM

grizzlyadams: "I spent 36 years never witnessing them and now I have gotten to see them the last two years! Really cool to see but crazy that they are becoming more visible further and further south."

I'm no space weather expert, but from the simplified version that was explained to me, we are roughly (2024-2025) in the solar maximum of the 11-year solar cycle. This doesn't necessarily mean more aroura activity but does increase the chances of seeing them.

Solar Maximum

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grizzlyadams

11/21/2025 01:49PM

portagerunner: "
grizzlyadams: "I spent 36 years never witnessing them and now I have gotten to see them the last two years! Really cool to see but crazy that they are becoming more visible further and further south."

I'm no space weather expert, but from the simplified version that was explained to me, we are roughly (2024-2025) in the solar maximum of the 11-year solar cycle. This doesn't necessarily mean more aroura activity but does increase the chances of seeing them.

Solar Maximum "

Interesting Article

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CanoeViking

11/21/2025 01:53PM

grizzlyadams: "
portagerunner: "
grizzlyadams: "I spent 36 years never witnessing them and now I have gotten to see them the last two years! Really cool to see but crazy that they are becoming more visible further and further south."

I'm no space weather expert, but from the simplified version that was explained to me, we are roughly (2024-2025) in the solar maximum of the 11-year solar cycle. This doesn't necessarily mean more aroura activity but does increase the chances of seeing them.

Solar Maximum "

Interesting Article"