Stunning Visuals Show Solar Storm Auroras Taking Over The Night Sky
NANCY ATKINSON, UNIVERSE TODAY18 OCTOBER 2021
Vivid green and purple auroras swirled and danced across the entire night sky in Sweden recently.
The night-time light show was captured by an all-sky camera in Kiruna, Sweden, which is part of the European Space Agency's (ESA) Space Weather Service Network.
This camera is pointed straight up, and is fitted with a fish-eye lens to be able to capture the sky from horizon to horizon. The Aurora Borealis, also known as the Northern Lights, were visible due to the impact of a coronal mass ejection (CME) into our planet's magnetosphere on October 12.
A solar storm on the Sun ejected a ejected a violent mass of fast-moving plasma into space on October 9, 2021. A few days later, auroras were seen around the world in the northern hemisphere.
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https://www.sciencealert.com/watch-sweden-s-night-sky-dazzle-with-auroras-during-the-recent-solar-storm