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Strong Aurora tonight

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Aurora chasers, take note, a strong one over Canada is happening right now. It's bright enough to contend with the full moon!
I'll try to post photos tomorrow morning. Right now just heading back out to enjoy.
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My app says it's visible from here. The problem, total cloud cover! :cry:

BTW, awesome images. Congrats on the APOD.
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It was bonkers for a while.

Dragged my wife out of bed - tolerated the muttering until she was dressed and looked up - then it was just "wow".
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wow indeed , thx .
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Congratulations Steve on having your image selected as our TSS APOD!

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Wow! That's amazing Steven! I can hear my wife now; THIS BETTER BE GOOD 😊

Congratulations on the well deserved APOD!!
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Well Done Steve, that is Awesome! Congrats on the APOD!!!
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Thanks for the votes, everyone! :)
The real prize was seeing it of course. With solar activity continuing to build, I hope you all get similar chances to see displays like these!
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Amazing is right! Congrats on a well deserved APOD.

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