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It was purple/red when I saw it here last week! I live in the middle of Illinois, next to a city.
It wasn’t detailed to the naked eye like the video or like in pictures for me (maybe because of light pollution?), but it was definitely a purple red color.
I know because I was like “what is that color??” I thought of some event or something in the city that direction, but it was weird that it was purple. Then I thought about weed farms, but it would have to be so many weed farms! Then it hit me that it was Aurora borealis.
In photos it’s obviously more striking but I am certain was something other than green!
I had my flash on like a dweeb in my yard, but that made the striations(?) look more interesting so I should remember that for next time.
A friend north of me, also in Illinois but on a farm, got more green toward the horizon as well in photos but to the naked eye he said it looked more like cloud cover.
Whoa, now I'm jealous. I've only seen the green kind.
I’m with you, I still can’t believe it.
I keep wanting to paraphrase the Simpsons. Aurora borealis? Here??