The aurora was visible right over our house last night!
I had received a text with a photo just taken of the aurora visible from Colorado. I didn’t have any real hope of getting a photo, because last time we drove all over Prescott trying to see it without any luck at all. I knew that it might not be visible to the naked eye and that people here had seen it before by taking iPhone photos. I went out to the driveway and just aimed my iPhone at the sky in a northeast direction and there was the purple! I did not see streaks or dancing lights or any green at all, but the color was definitely there. I used night mode on my iPhone for most of the shots so that I would see the stars against the dark background and increased the exposure slightly to get the color. My hands shake, so the focus on the stars isn’t perfect.
Below is another view looking out across the street from our driveway.
melinda anderson photography 
I’m so jealous. I drove out to a parking lot by the beach but couldn’t see anything but stars. One more reason to trade my Canon for a fancy phone. I’m also getting tired of hoisting my carry on into the overhead on planes with camera, laptop and tablet in it.
Jane
I couldn’t see it with the naked eye, but my phone picked it up! 🙂
How cool is that? I was just in Wisconsin and it was showing up there but we didn’t go out because the map showed it wasn’t quite there. This morning Susan texted me great shots she got with her iPhone. And another friend showed me shots from Colfax so it’s here, too. I just keep missing it!
Wow. Stunning.