Did you see them? Ernie did.

Did you see them? The Northern Lights? No? Well I didn't see them either so don't feel bad. I even made the trek up Armour Hill to escape the light pollution our fine city produces and still no luck. I wasn't the only one either. Armour Hill was packed full of cars facing the northern horizon hoping to see the famous waving curtain of green light. In the end I didn't see anything and left dissapointed...and I wasn't alone. The lights were barely visible in our region. They were dim and very low on the horizon but those who made the trip north of the city were treated a view of the Aurora Borealis. Ernie Silhanek snapped this image at around 11pm near Bobcaygeon on Tuesday night. The lights were not as brilliant as expected (which is why the image below appears dark and a little grainy) but, after fielding a few calls from dissapointed night sky watchers, here is proof that the lights were visible in our region. They just weren't as intense as the famous images we're used to seeing from Canada's far north.