(Image credit: Markus Varik/Greenlander)
Posted on 11/07/2022 5:04:29 PM PST by BenLurkin
On Nov. 3 a solar storm caused a temporary crack in Earth's magnetic field. The resulting hole enabled energetic particles to penetrate deep into the planet's atmosphere and set off extremely rare pink auroras.
An explosion of extremely rare pink auroras recently lit up the night sky above Norway after a solar storm slammed into Earth and ripped a hole in the planet's magnetic field. The breach enabled highly energetic solar particles to penetrate deeper into the atmosphere than normal, triggering the unusual colored lights.
The stunning light show was spotted Nov. 3 by a tour group led by Markus Varik, a northern lights tour guide from the Greenlander tour company(opens in new tab) based near Tromsø in Norway. The vibrant auroras emerged at around 6 p.m. local time and lasted for around 2 minutes, Varik told Live Science in an email.
(Image credit: Markus Varik/Greenlander)
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oh my....
Pwetty!
” And you don’t believe, we’re on the eve of destruction ...”
INCOMING RED WAVE !!
It’s gonna be galactic !
Solar storm SMASHES HOLE in Earth’s magnetosphere...
(...a temporary crack...lasting 2 minutes...) what a letdown.
That’s a little spooky.
Pink auroras. I had to read twice. 😁
Millions of woke pink hats all screaming in unison! Gaia has exhaled!
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