Originally posted by gravitybender
Yes the sky does appear to be red.

It is light pollution. May have been made worse by low cloud.

Regards

I read that sometimes red skies are seen as precursor or even during severe weather events such as earthquakes and even tornadoes.

There was a lot of damage in Alabama last night.

Granted all of the ideas shared here are pretty valid

I am so glad to see this post! I have lived in Southeast Alaska for more than 20 years, and rarely saw the red-sky phenomena until a few years ago. The have been increasing in frequency, and now you can almost always see a reddish tinge to the sky, even in the middle of the night. Sometimes it gets *very* bright... so much so that the snow looks pink as well. I really don't think it's aurora... at least it doesn't look like any kind of aurora I've ever seen before.

Considering my location, I doubt it's light pollution. I live an an island that is 50 mi x 100 mi, and there are less than 9,000 residents. The nearest town is 100 miles away. The next nearest town is 150 miles away.

I also have trouble capturing it on film, as it just doesn't show up very well. It looks very muted when recorded even though it looks very bright to the naked eye. When I mention it to people, they say the same thing: "Weird."

The thing that interests me the most is the increase in frequency. The first winter I noticed it, I saw the phenomena a handful of times. This winter, the sky gets bright red almost nightly (sometimes it will dim & get bright again more than once in a night)... But as I said earlier, this winter the sky seems to almost always have a red cast during the night.

Can anyone say 1.000,000,000 watts aimed at S. Carolina to try and rattle that little crack in the earth that has caused quite a lot of quaking in the past.

I will give you a hint...........it rhymes with sharp and has become quite a conspiracy these days.

I know....I know....that was lame

We have the same thing over here in Germany from time to time, so I don't think its the sand coming from the Sahara Desert thats responsible for the red sky. I've also tried to take pictures but as OP mentioned it's to dark to get a good shot during nightime. Also, this would we way to easy to fake to be taken as genuine.
Nevertheless, I'll try to make a video next time we get another blood-red sky so we can shed some light on this mystery.

By the way, this is my 100th post on ATS and I'm proud to be part of this great forum! Thanks for all the great stories, educational and entertaining!

I wouldn't be surprised if it were some kind of natural weather phenomena, but the thing I find most strange is the increased frequency. From a handful of times a few years ago to a nightly occurrence. Something has definitely changed.

That makes sense in many cases... but I don't think it applies to my area, do you? I live on an island in Southeast Alaska (population 8,000). The nearest towns are 100 miles to the North (population 31,000), 150 miles to the South (population 7,000), open Pacific to the West, and no towns for several hundred miles to the east. Even right now, although the sky is "dark" it has a very noticeable reddish tint. I'm looking out my windows that face South. Perhaps the light pollution can be a lot stronger - even from minimal lights - than I'm assuming.