Part of the planet was treated to a wild festival of the Northern Lights on Sunday night. If you’re not in a place to catch the action, you can still catch up on the fun with a great time-lapse video captured in Sweden.
The European Space Agency’s Space Weather Coordination Center Eye-catching video Northern Lights in a tweet on Monday. The view is like looking at the sky through marble. Waves and waves of swirling green and red aurora lights dance across the frame.
The video comes from Swedish Institute for Space Physics camera in Kiruna, Sweden. It’s an all-sky camera, so it shows the view from horizon to horizon for the purpose of observing the Northern Lights. Takes one picture per minute.
The energetic northern lights are thanks to the sun emitting a coronal mass ejection, also known as a CME, which is a dramatic explosion of plasma. This CME hit the ground running just like that solar wind (a stream of charged particles from the sun) orbiting us. These ingredients combine for excellent conditions for the Northern Lights.
The sun has been shining a little lately, Push torches And CME as it ramps up its activity. CMEs offer the gift of twilight, but they can also disable satellites, spacecraft, and even crash into power grids.
According to the European Space Agency, the lights were visible as far south as southern England and central Germany. Kiruna is known as a hot spot for twilight events, so the camera there was treated to a dramatic show. The Northern Lights are expected to continue, so you can Check in the camera yourself For the latest photos from Sweden.
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