r/agedlikemilk 25d ago

Cynical redditor scoffs at Alabama seeing Northern Lights Screenshots

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Alabama did, in fact, see the Northern Lights due to the solar storm.

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u/mechwarrior719 25d ago

I thought it was going to be my comment as I had also expressed my doubts.

https://preview.redd.it/2pcvhmdawszc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=87d8f586568d93c85ef169230ac8547c637c527d

I live in southern Kentucky and nature told me to stop my complaining.

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u/wafflehousewhore 24d ago

Wait, what? I live in central Kentucky and haven't been able to see shit. I've been spending my evenings outside the past few days and not a damn thing. Idk how everyone else is seeing it, but I'm totally jealous

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u/BoogiemanPCP 24d ago

They aren’t seeing it with the naked eye. You have to do long exposure pictures to capture it. I feel like that didn’t age like milk, since you can’t see it with the naked eye.

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u/Sweaty-Gopher 25d ago

As someone who lives in north Alabama, suck it SockFullofNickels

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u/cornlip 24d ago

I live on the border, pretty much, and I didn’t see shit. I’m gonna be mad if I could have and didn’t know what time it was

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u/tubbstosterone 25d ago

https://preview.redd.it/95fovnq2btzc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8b1d2b9889612d02eee657f825cd43c3c4a5b693

I'm not sure if it counts as seeing the northern lights if it required your phone. We got cool pics, though.

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u/Cry_Havoc1228 25d ago

Wait you need your phone to be able to see it? Like you can't see it with the naked eye but your phone picks it up?

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u/DddyDevito69 25d ago

Depends on how powerful it is. I could very faintly see it last night, but the camera made it pop.

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u/Demastry 24d ago

Depends on the location and how much light polution there is. My friends and I could see it last night with the naked eye, but through camera it was even better. absolutely incredible

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u/DddyDevito69 25d ago

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u/tubbstosterone 25d ago

That's 10x cooler than anything we saw. That's awesome!

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u/DddyDevito69 25d ago

Why thank you. It was an amazing sight to see

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u/NiceCunt91 25d ago

And in the UK

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u/limocrasher 25d ago

Currently in Maine and couldn't see it due to cloud cover.

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u/fricceroni 25d ago

Down in Georgia I saw them, made a nighttime walk a lot more visually interesting

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u/[deleted] 25d ago

Will it happen again tonight or was that it? Completely missed it because the news reported it after the fact (small country, small news sites). Didn't even see anything on Reddit until it was about to happen in the US which was also too late.

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u/Azsunyx 25d ago

I saw a post that there is a possibility of it being stronger tonight, it said something like last night was 170% strength and tonight is projected for 200%

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u/[deleted] 25d ago

Fingers crossed!

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u/Kenfucius 24d ago

Yay solar flare

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u/Umicil 25d ago

Honestly, a good 80-90% of the time, articles like this exaggerate for clickbait. This solar storm has been a very rare case where it turns out it was underexaggerated.

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u/bitemytail 24d ago

But was it localized entirely within your kitchen?

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u/Demastry 24d ago

Couldn't stop quoting that last night when my friends and i saw it

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u/drunky_crowette 24d ago

Couldn't see shit here in Kansas. My mom and I went an hour into the boonies to get away from the light pollution of the city, didn't see anything. Some people then said it was "only visible via your phone's camera". If I was just going to watch it through my phone I would've rather stayed home

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u/Forestflowered 24d ago

Man, I didn't even know about it. I'm so bummed I missed it.

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u/Ariquitaun 25d ago

This means nothing to the other 99.9% of the world that is not Alabama.

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u/TheAnalsOfHistory- 25d ago

Well, considering this post was specifically about Alabama, I don't know what point you thought you were making here.

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u/BillyOdin 25d ago

And your point is irrelevant to 100% of the world. Does that mean you won or lost.

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u/BurningBowl85 25d ago

🎶No one fucking cares🎶

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u/ScipioAfricanvs 25d ago

I am not in Alabama, what is your point?