I've been seeing  a ton of them on FB and instagram - mostly phone photos but none taken by any my Pentax buddies or actually by anyone I know.  I can't see them from my windows in NYC possibly if I camped out on the roof I would have, but I sure can't do that... ann -- ann sanfedele photography https://annsan.smugmug.com https://www.cafepress.com/+ann-sanfedele+gifts https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/annsan https://www.createphotocalendars.com/Shop/annsanfedelecalendarsandbooks -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com

How about if I do some grayish snow cloud photos? Stan Sent from my iPad > On Jan 21, 2026, at 3:20 PM, ann sanfedele <annsan@nyc.rr.com> wrote: > >  I've been seeing a ton of them on FB and instagram - mostly phone photos but none taken by any my Pentax buddies or actually by anyone I know. I can't see them from my windows in NYC > possibly if I camped out on the roof I would have, but I sure can't do that... > > ann > > -- > ann sanfedele photography > https://annsan.smugmug.com > https://www.cafepress.com/+ann-sanfedele+gifts > https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/annsan > https://www.createphotocalendars.com/Shop/annsanfedelecalendarsandbooks > > > -- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. > www.avg.com > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

At the latitude of Riverside it might have been possible to get photos if I had driven several hours East to get to some dark skies. In Riverside, between dust, pollution and light pollution it's tough to see anything in the sky less bright than the moon. Assuming that there aren't clouds. I don't remember what it was like last night, but today if I look for the bright smear in the sky marked by the sun, that is just barely too bright to look at directly. On 2026-01-21 12:20, ann sanfedele wrote: >  I've been seeing  a ton of them on FB and instagram - mostly phone > photos but none taken by any my Pentax buddies or actually by anyone I > know.  I can't see them from my windows in NYC > possibly if I camped out on the roof I would have, but I sure can't do > that... > > ann > > -- > ann sanfedele photography > https://annsan.smugmug.com > https://www.cafepress.com/+ann-sanfedele+gifts > https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/annsan > https://www.createphotocalendars.com/Shop/annsanfedelecalendarsandbooks -- Larry Colen LRC@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc

I went out last night and it was overcast here. On 1/21/2026 3:20 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: >  I've been seeing  a ton of them on FB and instagram - mostly phone > photos but none taken by any my Pentax buddies or actually by anyone I > know.  I can't see them from my windows in NYC > possibly if I camped out on the roof I would have, but I sure can't do > that... > > ann > -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com

ann sanfedele wrote: >  I've been seeing  a ton of them on FB and instagram - mostly phone >photos but none taken by any my Pentax buddies or actually by anyone I >know.  I can't see them from my windows in NYC >possibly if I camped out on the roof I would have, but I sure can't do >that... Overwhelming light pollution here. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com

 :-(  sorry you aren't getting to see em On 1/21/2026 3:36 PM, Stan Halpin wrote: > How about if I do some grayish snow cloud photos? > > Stan > > Sent from my iPad > >> On Jan 21, 2026, at 3:20 PM, ann sanfedele<annsan@nyc.rr.com> wrote: >> >>  I've been seeing a ton of them on FB and instagram - mostly phone photos but none taken by any my Pentax buddies or actually by anyone I know. I can't see them from my windows in NYC >> possibly if I camped out on the roof I would have, but I sure can't do that... >> >> ann >> >> -- >> ann sanfedele photography >> https://annsan.smugmug.com >> https://www.cafepress.com/+ann-sanfedele+gifts >> https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/annsan >> https://www.createphotocalendars.com/Shop/annsanfedelecalendarsandbooks >> >> >> -- >> This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. >> www.avg.com >> -- >> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> To unsubscribe send an email topdml-leave@pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email topdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- ann sanfedele photography https://annsan.smugmug.com https://www.cafepress.com/+ann-sanfedele+gifts https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/annsan https://www.createphotocalendars.com/Shop/annsanfedelecalendarsandbooks -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com

I saw it but very faint, not enough to perceive colour. The camera phone managed to get a little. Even that was miraculous considering I'm in a city with fairly bright street lighting, and at my latitude. If I'd been out in the countryside I may have fared better, and I definitely would have set up my Pentax. Dave > On Jan 22, 2026, at 2:28 PM, ann sanfedele <annsan@nyc.rr.com> wrote: > > :-( sorry you aren't getting to see em > > On 1/21/2026 3:36 PM, Stan Halpin wrote: >> How about if I do some grayish snow cloud photos? >> >> Stan >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >>> On Jan 21, 2026, at 3:20 PM, ann sanfedele<annsan@nyc.rr.com> wrote: >>> >>>  I've been seeing a ton of them on FB and instagram - mostly phone photos but none taken by any my Pentax buddies or actually by anyone I know. I can't see them from my windows in NYC >>> possibly if I camped out on the roof I would have, but I sure can't do that... >>> >>> ann >>> >>> -- >>> ann sanfedele photography >>> https://annsan.smugmug.com >>> https://www.cafepress.com/+ann-sanfedele+gifts >>> https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/annsan >>> https://www.createphotocalendars.com/Shop/annsanfedelecalendarsandbooks >>> >>> >>> -- >>> This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. >>> www.avg.com >>> -- >>> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> To unsubscribe send an email topdml-leave@pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. >> -- >> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> To unsubscribe send an email topdml-leave@pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. > > -- > ann sanfedele photography > https://annsan.smugmug.com > https://www.cafepress.com/+ann-sanfedele+gifts > https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/annsan > https://www.createphotocalendars.com/Shop/annsanfedelecalendarsandbooks > > > > -- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. > www.avg.com > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

> On 22/01/2026 00:01 GMT Mark Roberts <postmaster@robertstech.com> wrote: > > > ann sanfedele wrote: > > >  I've been seeing  a ton of them on FB and instagram - mostly phone > >photos but none taken by any my Pentax buddies or actually by anyone I > >know.  I can't see them from my windows in NYC > >possibly if I camped out on the roof I would have, but I sure can't do > >that... > > Overwhelming light pollution here. And here. Even when I've been aware of an impending event in the last 50 years, it has inevitably been cloudy in the region, so no point travelling to find dark sky.

We're next door to a school with a large, flood-lit parking lot, so too much light pollution.  I used to consider taking aurora photos standing in ankle deep snow with a temperature of -16F (tonight's forecast) a fun challenge.  Not anymore - I'm too damn old. -p On 1/21/2026 2:20 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: >  I've been seeing  a ton of them on FB and instagram - mostly phone > photos but none taken by any my Pentax buddies or actually by anyone I > know.  I can't see them from my windows in NYC > possibly if I camped out on the roof I would have, but I sure can't do > that... > > ann > -- If you are being chased by a pack of taxidermists, do not play dead.

Apparently they've been very nice, but at -35°C, I'm not ambitious enough to go look. bill On 1/21/2026 2:20 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: >  I've been seeing  a ton of them on FB and instagram - mostly phone > photos but none taken by any my Pentax buddies or actually by anyone I > know.  I can't see them from my windows in NYC > possibly if I camped out on the roof I would have, but I sure can't do > that... > > ann >