[matsemann]

Yeah, it's often easy to make it look much better on camera than what it did in real life. Something to keep in mind if one feel one missed out, heh.

Also, timelapses of long exposures can give a wrong impression of how it moves. But has for a long time been the only way to actually see a video of it.

It's often not that slow and wavy in real life. It's more like watching an orchestra play, where suddenly someone plays a flute in the corner, and then a few moments later a trombone sounds from the other side. It's dramatic and beautiful when it's really on.

But modern video cameras are now good enough to capture this in real time, so hopefully we'll see more realistic videoes.

[docapotamus]

Agree. Was surprised how well the phone pulled the colour out.

Can’t find my DSLR unfortunately otherwise it’d be on the tripod.

Had to wake the 6 year old for him to see this, once in a life time type of thing

[schoen]

If I understand correctly, I think there's a decent chance to have something similar at any given solar maximum (about every 11 years)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_maximum

But it's definitely not a sure thing, and this could very well be the biggest one for decades to come.