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416warlok t1_jajo4nw wrote

So I'm just some pleb who has never seen the northern lights... I do think though, that if I were to see them, they would never look as bright and as colourful as basically every photo seems to portray them. I could be wrong, but I'd be very surprised if they looked like this photo with the naked eye.

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ImTrappedInAComputer t1_jajhisd wrote

I was recently in Norway and saw the northern lights two nights in a row but I definitely don't think it was a strong night. The colors showed up well in cameras doing a long exposure, but it absolutely wasn't bright enough to see colors with your eyes. It just could've been a gray cloud.

How visible were the colors to the eyes?

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