Lots of pics on FB from the local area here too but when you realise the pictures posted aren't quite what the human eye saw it does lose something.

Originally Posted by: westv 

Yes, it reminds me of the flurry of people posting excellent, sharp and detailed photos of the moon on local social media... seemingly unaware that their phone has just fetched a picture of the moon and pasted it in, in effect!

There'll be an element of this going on with the phone-taken photos of the aurora... definitely algorithmic enhancement, if nothing else.

(It's a shame that regular cameras are now such a rare sight amongst the general public. Even the latest Pixel 8 Pro with all its fancy AI can't take as nice a shot of a wolf, for example, as my "bridge" camera, and it does that without even trying. They are, however, superficially excellent if it's a common subject for the photo!)

Originally Posted by: Retron 

Lovely blood moon last night. Was this expected?

Originally Posted by: The Beast from the East 

Lovely blood moon last night. Was this expected?

Originally Posted by: The Beast from the East 

 It's a "Sturgeon" Moon. 

Originally Posted by: Roger Parsons 

I noticed the sun acquiring a slight coppery hue late yesterday evening and this morning, so didn't come as a surprise. There seems to be some particulates in the high Cs clouds, despite being in the Pm airmass. Perhaps its from some forest fires in Canada and the USA?

Originally Posted by: ozone_aurora 

Lunar occultation of Saturn, Wednesday 21 August 2024:

On Wednesday morning, viewers in the UK will be able to witness the planet Saturn disappear behind the Moon, weather permitting of course. The disappearance will occur at around 04:28 BST, around the start of dawn, and then remerge at 05:13 BST.

https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/advice/saturn-lunar-occultation-21-august-2024 

Originally Posted by: Bolty