Up here in central New Hampshire I can say that the picture that your commenting on is just how it looked with the naked eye. These were definitely bright and stood out. Clouds now filled in maybe we can get another one in tomorrow night
Crazy beautiful. Rivals a total solar eclipse. Best show of my life. Here are 2 pictures from the house. Samsung 23 ultra. Holding by hand 1 second exposure no post processing! So many colors and curtains that change minute by minute
In 2003 I had just bought my first crappy digital camera and had only lived up here for 2 years since relocating from Metro Boston. That display was so bright that I just held my camera and snapped this picture. No long exposure or anything. It was amazing.
What always amazes me with tornadoes is that severe damage can occur 100 feet away and leave you unscathed.
Meanwhile on a much tamer note I'm up to 68.1F as of 2pm. So close to my first 70F. Will I make it today or tomorrow or have to wait another week?
Looks like I'm going to be waiting quite awhile for my first 70F. My highest temperature this spring has been 67F. Still stick season in my hood. Zoomed in view from my front yard looking SW. The ski area is Ragged Mtn.
Edit: Didn't see PF's post or Brian before I just uploaded. I have always considered the beginning of leaf out is when the Norway Maples pop the big green blobs. Usually just after the Forsythia. This just happened in my area yesterday.
Our forest canopy is completely bare in my area of Central NH. Nothing other than some Forsythia and a few flowering fruit trees. No pollen worries up here for awhile.
We don't do anything special. For some reason, we don't have too many Bluebirds this spring. None have taken up nesting in the boxes. Perhaps they don't like our new Golden Retriever rescue dog that we got last August?
We have had Bluebirds for years, but not many. A couple of years ago they started wintering over. We put Bluebird nesting houses up too. They seem to be increasing in numbers.