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@thomasfuchs I've had digital cameras since late 1990s, and have used the 1-hour photo places, but its more the take that these kind of resources *and* the facility to share hi res photos at low cost are now widely available to everyday folk.

You certainly could have viewed aurora pics within hours in 80s/90s, but would have had to be friends with someone who was really into astronomy and had an SLR camera, tripod and suitable lenses (or waited for a colour magazine to be published)