Speaking of northern lights... That sunspot that is sending us the Coronal Mass Ejection and the magnetic filament, was visible to the naked eye sunday night.
There was a ton of atmospheric water vapor and smoke and what not in the air sunday night when we got home, and the sun was BLOOD RED. Could look right at it without even squinting and you could just make out a small black dot. Neighbor had her camera out and was taking pictures and you could see it even better on her camera zoomed way in.