Auroras at the Beach
"Yesterday afternoon, I headed out to Andøya island," says Frank Olsen of northern Norway." I was hoping to catch a nice sunset, and maybe more." This is what he saw:
"I was on a beach on the northwest corner of the island. Bright moonlight lighting up the waves made the photos quite nice," continues Olsen. "On my way back home, around midnight, there was a great outburst. I stopped the car and ran back down to the beach for another photo session."
Waves in Norway could turn green again tonight. The interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) around Earth is tipping south on Oct. 8th, an arrangement that opens a crack in Earth magnetosphere. Solar wind pouring through the gap will likely spark more auroras around the Arctic Circle.
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