General Discussion

That's a really intense showing at that latitude!

The most intense Auroras I've ever seen were incredible. One was visible in New Mexico, where I was at sunset, the sky was already red at dusk. I was heading to Chicago so I drove from Santa Rosa to someplace in central Kansas when I had to just pull over, wake up my husband and get him to drive because I wasn't able to watch the road so well because I was so distracted by the Aurora.

Another, I think the same year, was in southern Wisconsin where I left a fully lit hospital and parking lot lights and could see it before I got into the dark. All my alarms went off in my senses and I went back into the building and asked a security guy to walk me to my car, it was around 1am. He was skeptical at first but when I showed him the sky, he was amazed and happily escorted me. Took his time walking back. I was parked around the block in a poorly lit place and felt that I was too distracted to be mindful of my surroundings. That one was so intense that I could hear it humming and see it move! The light display was something I've not seen since. That was in 1982.