sorry, Hawai'i 😭

I didn't see it as an insult! But I was introducing myself in case the link was for me specifically. Hi 👋🏼

Thanks for sharing the link for others.

I have a degree in astrophysics and am a private northern lights guide, so I am familiar with the reasonings ;)

Also if the magnetospere was failing, we would be getting *less* aurora.

Signs the sun is in normal solar maximum during this solar cycle

I think they probably just used the first photo they could find online whose owner got back to them the quickest. Nevada had some good images, I saw.

We got so lucky with cloud-free days here in Iceland

It signified that the sun is active. :)

You're not wrong. They also take free public domain data and resell it for a profit, hide their own data, and have really unscientific long-term forecasting practices.

It's why I don't mind stealing their stuff and reposting it. I debated even crediting them but I have a spine.

If it makes you feel better, even here in Reykjavík, we can get pretty bad light pollution in places and I miss the show

Good point. 49/50 ain't bad, though.

Sometimes I think rare aurora events are what people saw and attributed to angels or gods, and what we now read about in sagas and religious texts

This is from my photos in Iceland! The Mexico aurora looked like this:
(from Reddit, a bastion of truth lol)

Definitely a bucket list item of mine to see the elusive southern lights!

I'd consider that mid Florida! Which is definitely the furthest south I've heard so far 😱

The detective work in the reddit thread felt next level. For chives?!