FOX 13 Seattle viewers submit amazing Northern Lights pics

A robust photo voltaic storm placed on an incredible mild present throughout the Pacific Northwest Friday evening into Saturday morning. 

FOX 13 viewers shared their colourful photographs of the aurora borealis, often known as the northern lights.

“It was cool to see the Aurora by way of the bushes and reflecting off the water,” stated John Murphy. 

Murphy was capable of take a number of footage of the spectacle from Alki Seashore.

Photographs revealed purple, inexperienced, yellow and pink hues of the northern lights throughout our area and worldwide.

“We had been chasing it,” stated Seattle resident Nick Roberts. “There was an excessive amount of mild air pollution the place we had been, however we ultimately went to a soccer area in Redmond. It was wonderful, there have been like 1,000 different individuals who had the identical thought too.”

The U.S. Nationwide Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) stated the photo voltaic storm will persist all through the weekend, providing one other likelihood for a lot of to catch the northern lights. Whereas the second sighting on Saturday evening was dismal in comparison with Friday’s, there’s one other likelihood to catch the Aurora Sunday evening, although cloud cowl might decrease the possibility of seeing it.

Should you missed it or did not get a very good view, listed here are some tricks to improve your future viewing expertise:

• Keep away from town. Should you can, get to a location that has as little synthetic mild as attainable
• For the very best views, have an unobstructed view to the north.
• Should you can, journey to the northern elements of the Puget Sound space. This can enhance sightings of any aurora exercise.

Should you took any nice Northern Lights pics, share them with us by emailing [email protected].

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