Posted on 05/12/2024 11:56:28 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: Northern lights don't usually reach this far south. Magnetic chaos in the Sun's huge Active Region 3664, however, produced a surface explosion that sent a burst of electrons, protons, and more massive, charged nuclei into the Solar System. A few days later, that coronal mass ejection (CME) impacted the Earth and triggered auroras that are being reported unusually far from our planet's north and south poles. The free sky show might not be over -- the sunspot rich AR3664 has ejected even more CMEs that might also impact the Earth tonight or tomorrow. That active region is now near the Sun's edge, though, and will soon be rotating away from the Earth. Pictured, a red and rayed aurora was captured in a single 6-second exposure from Racibórz, Poland early last night. The photographer's friend, seeing an aurora for the first time, is visible in the distance also taking images of the beautifully colorful nighttime sky.
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I’m in NC and never did I think I would see what I saw two nights ago. I was too stupified to take a single pic. I don’t know if the sky was pink, fuchsia or magenta, but it was an awesome sight down here on the farm.
Northern lights are quite common at 50 degrees north, about the latitude of southern Poland. Canada-US border is mostly 49ºN.
Southern California and San Francisco:
Wow.
I hope it’s a sign from the Almighty.
40 days after the eclipse, right by the Ascension...just before a Fatima day (May 13).
We’ll see what happens.
Nice gallery @ the link @ your link!
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I clicked this link and I now suspect facebook will track me back to Free Republic.
Evil world we have don’t we.
I’d like to see what those auroras looked like from space!
Saw a blood red one in Northern Texas just south of the Red River about 20 years ago. It lasted just a few seconds. There was three of us heading out to duck hunt so we were sober and up early.
Just beautiful. Such violence 93 million miles away creating such beauty and awe here.
I’m glad SOMEONE in the SF Bay Area saw it!
I was up until 10:30 pm Friday night, looking north, and didn’t see anything.
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