Aurora sighting In southern virginia

[anonymous]

Could it be?  About 50 folks on a church retreat were skywatching Saturday, Sept 7 on Kerr Lake on the border of Virginia and North Carolina.  About 9:30-10:00pm several of us noticed a brightening of the northern sky.  We saw what looked like the ray of a spotlight, followed by several more rays.  That's when we began to mention what we were noticing to one another.  As we continued to watch, the rays began to become numerous and turned green.  The rays or streaks diminished and the sky looked red.  This happened about 3 times over the half hour or so that we watched.  It was a beautiful night with no moonlight to hide the stars from our view. And then such a treat from the sun.  Wow!
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