The Northern Lights appeared in the play

Impressive North Sun light She appeared in the sky DramaThe early hours of Friday (01/12) provide mesmerizing images for residents of the area.

On November 28, something happened A massive outflow of solar plasma On the Sun’s surface, it struck Earth on December 1, resulting in a powerful G3 geomagnetic storm that caused northern lights to be seen in Europe and much of the United States.

A recent geomagnetic storm of similar strength made the northern lights visible even in the southern latitudes of Europe. November 5Residents of the northern parts of Italy and Greece witnessed the impressive phenomenon, the sky turned bright red.

Shocking photo by Dimitris Messini:

How are the Northern Lights made?

The National Observatory of Athens After appearing in the country on November 5, he had spoken in detail about the event.

As the high-energy electrons orbit along the geomagnetic field lines, sometimes near the Earth’s upper atmosphere, they collide with nitrogen and oxygen atoms and molecules, exciting them with energy, creating the aurora.

Excited atoms and molecules release excess energy in the form of visible radiation in order to return to the original, stable energy balance, explains the National Observatory of Athens.

The Red colour In this particular case, it was created by the “collision” of excited atomic oxygen with electrons in the Earth’s magnetosphere. His form may be compared to curtains of moving, brilliant, colored heavenly light.

The intensity of a magnetic storm is described by the geomagnetic index Dst, which expresses the change in the Earth’s magnetic field measured on the ground. Yesterday’s value dropped to -165 nT, which is characteristic of a strong magnetic storm.