The issue is time of year. Generally, there's so much daylight this time of year, difficult to see. If you really want to see the northern lights, best time of year January thru March.
Correction... Another ET member (a personal friend from the North Suburbs of Chicago/Jewish/born in Israel) informed me (clarification) about Skokie, Illinois when he saw my below statement about something that happened when I was a kid. ...Another piece of history, Skokie Holocaust Museum was set up in response to the Supreme Court of America ruling that Nazis can march in Skokie as an expression of Free Speech... He stated the Neo-Nazis never did march in Skokie although the Supreme Court had ruled in their favor that they could march there. The march actually would be moved from Skokie and take place in downtown Chicago but only after the Skokie residents had a very large anti-nazi protest. Many of the Skokie residents were Jewish, WWII veterans, and Korea/Vietnam veterans...easily offended by a potential nazi march in their suburb. Anti-Nazi Demonstrators counter-protesting in a Skokie park https://abcnews.go.com/US/skokie-legacy-nazi-march-town-holocaust-survivors/story?id=56026742 Also, apparently, there was a movie scene (a bridge scene) about it in the movie The Blues Brothers. I'll look for it later. wrbtrader
There's something about that photo, the lighting, the focus, that makes it look like a painting. Pretty cool.