This past week has seen the Northern Lights visible as far south as Texas Here in southern Colorado they were photographed in the San Luis Valley, at a latitude of 37° — pretty far south,
I live surrounded by hills and ridges, with no view of a horizon anywhere except a hint to the northwest. On Wednesday, November 12, maybe the peak night, I walked Marco the dog after dark and saw nothing but stars. The following night, M. and I drove out to a place with a good view to the east and north, slightly interrupted by the distant lights of Pueblo — and saw no aurora. Apparently we should have been much farther east, in say Otero or Bent counties, to get the full effect.
But that’s OK. I had my “red sky at night” experience back in the Reagan Era, and it was a Cold War Baby’s meltdown…