If you were lucky enough to catch a glimpse of the Aurora Borealis that blanketed many states over the past few days then you witnessed something truly spectacular. Some of you--for instance those in California-- had to resort to changing the camera settings on your cellphone to capture images.

If you've been seeing a lot of pictures of the recent Aurora Borealis from parts of the country you didn't know was possible to view the phenomena, you're not alone. I've seen photos from Arizona, California, Washington, Oregon, California, Wyoming, Idaho, and other states. If it weren't for my wife dragging me outside on the evening of October 10, I'd have missed my opportunity to see something I've always wanted to.

I could see a faint, reddish tinge in the sky above the pine trees that line our street.

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"You have to change your camera to the night setting," my wife told me as we stood on our top balcony 50 miles outside of Yosemite National Park. I had no idea my camera had a night setting, which turned out to be crappy and produced nothing. I could see a faint, reddish tinge in the sky above the pine trees that line our street.

My wife's camera produced some beautiful images of the Northern Lights, which were as widespread as they were due to an early October, powerful solar flare, according to PBS. The images we caught accounted for the first time either one of us had ever captured the lights ourselves.

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