by APOD Robot » Sun May 12, 2024 4:05 am
Red Aurora over Poland
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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