Some San Luis Obispo residents spot northern lights, video

October 11, 2024

Credit to @photokgrapher on Instagram

By KAREN VELIE

People in parts of San Luis Obispo County were delighted to view the northern lights on Thursday, the result of a geomagnetic storm. If you missed the show, you will have another chance to view the aurora borealis on Friday evening.

Photographer Ben Forzetting captured the following time-lapsed video between 8:30 p.m and 9:30 p.m. in Paso Robles on Thursday.

“The aurora may become visible over much of the northern half of the country, and maybe as far south as Alabama to Northern California,” according National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

 


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San Luis Obispo’s massive light dome of grotesquely wasteful and mis-directed outdoor lighting pretty much ensures that residents will have aurora and other celestial wonders obscured by the city’s ubiquitous light pollution.


Beautiful!