Posted on 09/19/2025 6:53:27 AM PDT by texas booster
Low on the horizon in the Texas Panhandle, a faint pink aurora shimmered against a backdrop of thick storm clouds and distant flashes of lightning — a surreal collision of sky and space.
Just east of Amarillo, weather videographer and storm chaser Blake Brown captured the rare combination in a single frame: aurora, stars, distant lightning, and a windmill silhouetted in the foreground under a mostly clear sky.
"What a spectacular night it was last night," Brown posted on social media Monday, alongside his surreal image. "The northern lights decided to make a little appearance down here in the Texas Panhandle for the first time in a little while. And was even accompanied by some big storms with bright lightning!"
(Excerpt) Read more at chron.com ...
The light show followed an unexpected G3 (strong) geomagnetic storm late Sunday. Forecasters had predicted minor G1 to moderate G2 activity from a coronal hole on the sun, but a hidden polarity island within the solar wind amplified the impact, turning it into a stronger G3 storm and pushing auroras much farther south than anticipated.
Auroras form when charged particles from the sun interact with Earth's magnetic field and energize gases in the upper atmosphere. Those gases—mainly oxygen and nitrogen—release that energy as light. The stronger the solar storm, the more widespread and vivid the auroras become.
A ping out to the Texas Ping list, founded by Windflier.
Another special Texas summer edition for your perusal.
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Blessings, and stay cool!
Awesome.
Awesome photos, thanks for the ping!
Very.
Low on the horizon in the Texas Panhandle, a faint pink aurora shimmered against a backdrop of thick storm clouds and distant flashes of lightning — a surreal collision of sky and space.
Just east of Amarillo, weather videographer and storm chaser Blake Brown captured the rare combination in a single frame: aurora, stars, distant lightning, and a windmill silhouetted in the foreground under a mostly clear sky.
This is an interesting etymology:
AI OverviewThe name Amarillo is of Spanish origin and means "yellow". It is the name of a city in Texas, which is thought to have been named for the yellow soil or vegetation in the area. The word's etymology ultimately traces back to the Arabic word anbar, meaning amber or ambergris, which was adapted into Spanish to mean yellow or amber-colored.
https://www.etymonline.com/word/amarillo
But then there's
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/amarillo#Spanish
Well in any case,
"The Texas panhandle is a region of the U.S. state of Texas consisting of the northernmost 26 counties in the state. "
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_panhandle
Amber appears 3x in the KJV, all in Ezekiel. It's the translation of chashmal, which is the modern word for electricity.
Ezekiel 1:4 And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.
Looks important, but maybe it's just me. 🤪
Matthew 24:27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Amazing and beautiful.
Thank you.
That is so cool.
Bkmk
Here is the FB page of the photographer who set up and took the photo referenced by The Chron.
He also has pages on many other social media sites. But no website that I could find.
Times, they are a'changin.
God Blessed Texas!
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