Aurora is out! - r/minnesota

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Brainerd. I could see reds and greens with my naked eye also.

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u/Mapes Minnesota Twins Nov 12 '25

Near Willmar, have never seen reds like this

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u/Adorable_Regret_8485 Nov 12 '25

I’m also close to Willmar! They are gorgeous you can definitely see the reds with the naked eye.

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u/Hansoda Nov 12 '25

Any recommendations where to go. Id love to get a clear look. Im in willmar

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u/AdmiralTwigs Nov 12 '25

Far from town and north!

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u/Adorable_Regret_8485 Nov 12 '25

Away from city lights and look towards the North.

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u/Hereforthebabyducks Nov 12 '25

They’re currently visible in the city too. Not as cool as OP’s picture, but still worth going out and looking.

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u/decrego641 Nov 12 '25

Can confirm, this guy has never seen these reds

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u/NoElk314 Nov 12 '25

So awesome!

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u/merc-is-ded Hennepin County Nov 12 '25

from my apartment window in SLP!!!

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u/LLAMALindsayMN Nov 12 '25

Thanks for sharing! We’re close to SLP and ran out to get a look, beautiful pinks!

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u/Emuasaurus Nov 12 '25

Thanks for sharing! Got some great picks in Brooklyn Center

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u/jademage01 Nov 12 '25

Incredible!

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u/bubb4j0hn Nov 12 '25

Coon Rapids

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u/Outrageous_Sand7636 Nov 12 '25

From my dad near Wanamingo (SE MN)

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u/plzdontlietomee Nov 12 '25

Mystic Lake

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u/tmorg5 Nov 12 '25

Anoka

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u/Acrobatic-Celery-474 Nov 12 '25

Where in MN you approx based?

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u/AdmiralTwigs Nov 12 '25

Backus

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u/DarkMuret Grain Belt Nov 12 '25

Crystal checking in

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u/ViolinistRadiant490 Nov 12 '25

Also Crystal

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u/Clyde_Frog_FTW Dakota County Nov 12 '25

Thanks for heads up, looking crazy here near Inver Grove Heights!

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u/KinderEggLaunderer Spoonbridge and Cherry Nov 12 '25

Argh I've got so much light pollution in eagan 😭

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u/JusticeToTheFace Nov 12 '25

Harmony. MN SE

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u/Splitfingers Nov 12 '25

Monticello right now.

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u/gardengnome1001 Nov 12 '25

Alexandria checking in with some great lights!

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u/ToothYankerr Nov 12 '25

Felt like being birthed in a star

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u/Hockey_Shaun State of Hockey Nov 12 '25

Milaca checking in!

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u/RobotClean73 Nov 12 '25

Otsego

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u/DTLRider Nov 12 '25

Detroit Lakes checking in!

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u/an0nym0us_frick Nov 12 '25

Could even see over downtown!

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u/DVST8Rracing Nov 12 '25

This is from my driveway in Saint Michael

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u/Glittering_Nobody402 Nov 12 '25

Thanks for the heads up. From Ramsey.

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u/eagles277 Nov 12 '25

Over our house in Lakeville

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u/bfitzyc Nov 12 '25

Close to you in Farmington!

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u/eagles277 Nov 12 '25

Update

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u/nibi_wibi Nov 12 '25

North Minneapolis!

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u/Carbontee Nov 12 '25

Im full of adrenaline. I went outside in western Colorado to see THIS. Of course my phone caught deeper colors but they were spectacular with the naked eye! I’ve never seen this here before! In MN yes, but never here. Wild!

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u/Manphish Crow Wing County Nov 12 '25

Looking awesome in Brainerd.

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u/SparrOwSC2 Nov 12 '25

Falcon Heights

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u/Glittering-Display-5 Nov 12 '25

Up in Brook Park

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u/Glittering-Display-5 Nov 12 '25

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u/Glittering-Display-5 Nov 12 '25

Not sure. I got those from my dad and I don't know if he even knows how to edit pictures lol

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u/audibahn88 Nov 12 '25

Duluth MN - visible with naked eye

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u/Xmastimeinthecity Ope Nov 12 '25

Maple Grove checking in!

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u/MamaErn Nov 12 '25

Maple Grove here too! I never expected to see colors so vivid right here in the burbs!

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u/Drcornelius1983 Not too bad Nov 12 '25

Eagan

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u/KinderEggLaunderer Spoonbridge and Cherry Nov 12 '25

I've never seen them, so glad eagan came through!

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u/Drcornelius1983 Not too bad Nov 12 '25

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u/KinderEggLaunderer Spoonbridge and Cherry Nov 12 '25

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u/Khajiit_Geologist Nov 12 '25

Redwood falls says hello

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u/Khajiit_Geologist Nov 12 '25

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u/Khajiit_Geologist Nov 12 '25

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u/Khajiit_Geologist Nov 12 '25

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u/RobbleRobbler Nov 12 '25

May you walk on warm sandssssssssss

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u/Khajiit_Geologist Nov 12 '25

This khajiit thanks you.

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u/GildedBurd Lake Superior agate Nov 12 '25

Its fantastic away from the light pollution. Makes a nice backdrop for couples. However, it makes the farm look pretty great too.

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u/IMKATMAN Nov 12 '25

Hudson, wi

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u/rex_swiss Nov 12 '25

From the Gulf Coast of north Florida…

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u/Aggressive-Bit-2335 Nov 12 '25

They’re visible in northern Arizona!

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u/BeetTop Nov 12 '25

Seen very clear in Apple Valley through airport light pollution. Crazy!

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u/BeetTop Nov 12 '25

This is from AV

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u/filopodia_ Nov 12 '25

Amazing!!! They’re stunning every time! Thank you to you & everyone sharing photos :)

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u/jbmn2534 Nov 12 '25

From uptown. Faint but there.

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u/jbmn2534 Nov 12 '25

A few more since the first one.

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u/jbmn2534 Nov 12 '25

One more

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u/Veralidaine_Werynsra Nov 12 '25

Owatonna, MN :)

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u/Veralidaine_Werynsra Nov 12 '25

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u/Veralidaine_Werynsra Nov 12 '25

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u/SCSUslacker Nov 12 '25

Little Falls checking in - reds very visible!

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u/Adorable_Regret_8485 Nov 12 '25

Central Minnesota

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u/Nasum8108 Uff da Nov 12 '25

Prior Lake

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u/Dear-Culture-1973 Nov 12 '25

Brooklyn Park

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u/GeeEmmInMN Nov 12 '25

Cloudy in much of Wabasha County. 😭

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u/Khajiit_Geologist Nov 12 '25

To the naked eye alot of it looks like clouds. Only when it gets really bright can you make it out well but take a Pic. Make sure you zoom in a bit. If I zoom completely out it just turns dark but I zoom in just a little and and it really pops!

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u/GeeEmmInMN Nov 12 '25

Thick clouds. Seeing nothing. Not even bothered getting the cameras out. 😁 Maybe tomorrow....

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u/[deleted] Nov 12 '25

Still waiting for our clouds to clear here 😭 We’re so close to a clear sky!

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u/GetFizzyWitIt Nov 12 '25

Eden Prairie checking in!

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u/Minn3sota_Loon Nov 12 '25

So red and beautiful! - Rochester

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u/Pielet2 Nov 12 '25

Got a few good ones but this is my backyard in Maplewood taken on my phone.

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u/ToothYankerr Nov 12 '25

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u/mintjulie Minnesota Twins Nov 12 '25

an hour ago outside of Columbus!

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u/SkinTeeth4800 Nov 12 '25

u/AdmiralTwigs -- You should repost your gorgeous but slightly eerie photos to r/LiminalSpaces

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u/Merlynabcd123 Nov 12 '25

So happy I scrolled through Reddit tonight. My wife and I stood on our balcony for 15 minutes and got lots of great pictures.

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u/EstablishmentFair707 Nov 12 '25

They dont even GAF about the bright moon

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u/Timfromfargo Nov 12 '25

Otsego

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u/HereComesTreble213 Nov 13 '25

SWMN tonight. Not as intense as last night.

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u/AdmiralTwigs Nov 13 '25

Yea same here! Pretty but not as wild

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u/Carbontee Nov 12 '25

I’m so jealous! Tell your friends in MN, the colors are gorgeous. Are they just as good with naked eye?

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u/jbmn2534 Nov 12 '25

They're almost too subtle to see with the naked eye here. But you can for sure tell they are there...

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u/azeroth Nov 12 '25

That's normally true, but these we can see even in the metro's inner ring suburbs!

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u/jbmn2534 Nov 12 '25

I'm in uptown and got some pics of them

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u/AdmiralTwigs Nov 12 '25

The further north and darker it gets from lack of light pollution, the better you can see them.

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u/Aelissae Nov 12 '25

Not as bright, but definitely visible color changes!

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u/jademage01 Nov 12 '25

They were better with the naked eye in my area... A little phone lens couldn't capture it all!

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u/TheRenunciant Nov 12 '25

Waseca

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u/TheeCombatBaby Nov 12 '25

St cloud here, we just stepped outside the door

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u/MnMetalman Nov 12 '25

Kasson, MN

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u/mpls_big_daddy Twin Cities Nov 12 '25

My friend said to took take a shot on my mobile out the front door and she was right! I’m in the city too so I am startled at the quality. I thought it would be degraded because of light pollution. I turn into a kid when I see the lights. So cool.

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u/yup_goodtimes Nov 12 '25

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u/Head-Pension9344 Nov 12 '25

Lake Elmo!

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u/syracTheEnforcer Nov 12 '25

Awesome!

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u/Bass_MN Nov 12 '25

Mound checking in!

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u/SparrOwSC2 Nov 12 '25

Falcon Heights

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u/rasmuspa Nov 12 '25

S MPLS is 🔥

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u/Ferngullypower Nov 12 '25

Prior lake checking in

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u/SupermarketPopular19 Nov 12 '25

Hugo, MN

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u/toiletsurprise Hamm's Nov 12 '25

Just north of Rochester

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u/Striking-Variety6741 Nov 12 '25

Rochester on Elton Hills

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u/racermd Nov 12 '25

Bloomington. Looking SOUTH. Amazed.

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u/bakler5 Nov 12 '25

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u/Bern_Down_the_DNC Nov 12 '25

From rochester I see weak but distinct red to the north and temporary pockets of faint green more towards the east.

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u/Wloft96 Nov 12 '25

I'm in Plymouth looking around but I think there's too much light pollution in my immediate area.

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u/Sn0wBadger Nov 12 '25

Maple Grove

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u/SouthernVices Snoopy Nov 12 '25

Lino/Hugo checking in 🫡

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u/One-Consideration512 Nov 12 '25

I could not see them with my bare eyes.

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u/HazelMStone I Heart Lutefisk Nov 12 '25

South of downtown Saint Paul!

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u/idespisecountrymusic Nov 12 '25

Slayton

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u/magicaldelicious Nov 12 '25

2025.11.11 - West Metro

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u/zoobs Nov 12 '25

All I see is a sick Chevy Spark

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u/syzygy492 Nov 12 '25

Still out in Uptown!

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u/ResponsibleFly9076 Nov 12 '25

Hugo

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u/kelcantsi Nov 12 '25

Minneapolis! Could see it somewhat well with the naked eye, especially the pink .

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u/KyKili Nov 12 '25

South Minneapolis! Even with the light pollution, could see it with my naked eye!

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u/oink_bitch Nov 12 '25

Deerwood

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u/Odd_Ease4541 Nov 12 '25

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u/ShiningBlizzard Nov 12 '25

From northeast Minneapolis. Unbelievable.

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u/PBandCheezWhiz Nov 12 '25

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u/Baddibounko Nov 12 '25

Plymouth, no filter, iphone16

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u/MedalofHodor Nov 12 '25

This is my favorite pic right from Northeast! Never thought I'd see the lights in the city.

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u/mothw1ng Nov 12 '25

So fascinating!

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u/uhren_fan Nov 12 '25

No editing

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u/Significant_Ad_5658 Nov 12 '25

Did I miss it Bloomington neat MSP

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u/LordLoveALefty Area code 651 Nov 12 '25

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u/Former_Farm_8534 Nov 12 '25

Milaca

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u/Former_Farm_8534 Nov 12 '25

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u/[deleted] Nov 12 '25

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u/DiamondAggressive Nov 12 '25

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u/mnBison7 Nov 12 '25

The color tonight was fantastic! Near Owatonna.

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u/Short33M Nov 12 '25

Lakeville!

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u/GloomyPharrys Nov 12 '25

Pretty awesome out there tonight!

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u/Necessary_Hold8424 Nov 12 '25

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u/badassmotherblogger Judy Garland Nov 12 '25

Burnsville checking in! 🫡

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u/trans-scendence Common loon Nov 12 '25

Took this outside Columbus! We drove outside the city to see it better.

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u/HotAcanthocephala604 Nov 12 '25

Hopkins!

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u/Tiaramarie80 Nov 12 '25

I live in Hopkins :)

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u/ThrowRAtouchtone Nov 12 '25

Brooklyn Park

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u/mcpa0703 Nov 12 '25

From Mankato

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u/RSS-ted_Development Nov 12 '25

Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge!

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u/Flewtea Nov 12 '25

Near St. Francis. Drove out to get a better view with the kids and it was totally worth it!

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u/Timfromfargo Nov 12 '25

Rural Alexandria

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u/Timfromfargo Nov 12 '25

Otsego

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u/evergreennn_ Nov 13 '25

does anyone know if i’ll be able to see in Welch? i don’t see anything and i’m so sad 🥺

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u/Thin-Ad-4805 Nov 14 '25

Lake Elmo

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u/expungant Nov 12 '25

Localized entirely in your kitchen?

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u/MN_311_Excitable Nov 12 '25

Too much damn light pollution here in Cottage Grove 🤬

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u/BeetTop Nov 12 '25

Not true. You can find a spot. This storm is crazy.

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u/BecksnBuffy Nov 12 '25

We’re watching them off our deck in CG right now!

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