It varries significantly depending where you are. Both could be true for different people viewing them from different places.

These would be interesting data points based on season, location, and weather conditions nonetheless.

That's a little like asking people to report how wet they got when it was raining, and not controlling for if they have an umbrella or were out after the storm passed.

I was in a place with fair amount of light pollution, and far from where the aurora would be strongest.

These two photos taken with my camera, are approximately how it looked to my eyes after they'd adjusted to the dark:

https://i.imgur.com/8OOiCgX.png https://i.imgur.com/GCpyumd.png

As a comparison, this is how my phone captured the same scene with default settings:

https://i.imgur.com/FCvN3gf.jpeg

Thanks! Certainly two entirely different visuals.

Yeah. Although I'm sure you can get closer to the phone photo in real life if you're somewhere very dark and near the poles.