The Northern Lights AKA Aurora Borealis Was Ripping Across The Night Sky In Chicago Last Night. No Big Deal

NBC Chicago - The colorful shine of Northern Lights was visible in the Chicago area Tuesday evening amid a powerful geomagnetic storm.

Around 7:20 p.m. Tuesday, Northern Lights were visible in the Chicago area, including in Chicago, Cary, Downers Grove, Gilberts, Wilmette and Wheaton.

The lights were also visible downstate in Stark County, just north of Peoria, and in Annawan.

The visibility is thanks to a powerful solar flare and Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) that erupted from the sun early Tuesday morning, according to the NBC 5 Storm Team.

Anybody else think the Northern Lights deciding to show up in one of the most light polluted cities in the MIDWEST, a liiiiiiiiiiiiiittle coincidental? 

The northern lights don't happen in Chicago. Maybe in Door County Wisconsin, or Michigan- the UP for sure. But not in Chicago. Again, we have so much 1980s flourescent lights every 20 ft from downtown out to Rockford, we can barely see the stars on a clear night. Meanwhile, you head on across the lake to Western Michigan and they feel so close you could grab them. 

So for this to happen in Chicago last night was wild.

Either way, if it's the lizard people, or the Nephilim aboard the SS 3I/Atlas spaceship headed our way, who are behind this, at least they're giving us a show before the finale. 

This is just incredible. 

And it might be even better on Wednesday night- 

The latest forecast from NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center shows a spike in geomagnetic activity from 9 p.m. to midnight Tuesday and an even larger peak from 9 a.m. to noon on November 12 when the stronger CME is expected to reach Earth.

Though Wednesday's geometric peak happens during daylight hours, it's possible the Northern Lights will make another appearance in the evening.

Real talk- the northern lights, aka aurora borealis is high up on my bucket list. I struck out on my only trip to Alaska, and I've sadly never been to Scandinavia or Iceland. So I really want to see them one day. 

It's really mind blowing when you consider how hard it is to capture the stars or even just the moon on your phone's camera. Yet you can scroll twitter and see some of the most amazing looking pics from last night. So you can only imagine what they must look like in person considering how good they look on average phone cameras. 

Plus, I know I'm what some people would call "gullible", but I've been told from a few different people that you can actually hear the northern lights? Is that crazy talk or does that check out? Maybe it's just the lucky people blessed with the pitch frequency in their ear who get to hear them? Kinda like the people who taste cilantro vs. people who taste soap. 

(Sidebar- this guys enthusiasm is fucking awesome)

WE WILL TELL STORIES ABOUT THIS NIGHT - MICHAEL MCLEAN

Anyway, here are more pics

P.s. - some great videos and info on what the hell an aurora borealis even is in this blog -