Auroras Brighten the Northern Skies

Miguel Pierre Space Weather

On Wednesday, Sept. 10th the sun released a X class solar flare. This reached the earth and caused auroras (otherwise known as northern lights), over parts of Northern Hemisphere over past few nights. These are some spectacular and beautiful pictures from observers that were tweeted from Observing Space from Friday night:

Mt. Washington Observatory in New Hampshire. Credit: Ryan Knapp
Mt. Washington Observatory in New Hampshire. Photo Credit: Ryan Knapp
Burntcoat, Nova Scotia. Photo Credit: Tim Lingley
Quebec, Canada. Photo Credit: Patric Nadeu
Burncoat, Nova Scotia. Photo Credit: Tim Lingley
Burncoat, Nova Scotia. Photo Credit: Tim Lingley

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