A stormy start to September
Tuesday, 6 September 2016 18:56 UTC
It has been five crazy first days of this month as every single day thus far provided us with at least one 3-hour period where we reached geomagnetic storm conditions according to the NOAA SWPC. The first three days of this month even treated us with moderate G2 geomagnetic storming conditions. This was all thanks to a massive coronal hole system that has now started to rotate out of Earth's view. The solar wind stream has been diminishing in strength during the past hours and today will likely be the first day of this month that we will not reach the minor G1 geomagnetic storm level.
As a lot of you have found out with your own eyes, geomagnetic storms equal a lot of aurora! We've seen an incredible ammount of fantastic images and videos all made the past few days from all over the world. From Tasmania and Antarctica down under to the United States and even the Netherlands! Here comes a small selection of the work that we stumbled upon during the past few days:
#teamtanner (Alberta, Canada)
Robin Eriksson Franzén (Kalix, Sweden)
Julien Johnston (Tasmania, Australia)
pretty pillars danced across the bay! #AuroraAustralis #Tasmania pic.twitter.com/4XUopxADV8
— §nÖÖzy (@SussanSays) 3 september 2016
Winnipeg Beach @ExploreCanada @Travelmarvel_TM @AuroraMAX @StormHour @_SpaceWeather_ pic.twitter.com/m25vVObauT
— Kyra Lichtenstein (@Spinnefix1) 6 september 2016
My #aurora pix from last Friday night! North of Mitchell #Ontario Captured the #MilkyWay & another proton arc! pic.twitter.com/w5BU39W7VH
— Laura Duchesne ☄ (@LauraDuchesne) 7 september 2016
Weak red glow on the horizon, Egmond aan Zee The Netherlands. #Aurora borealis #poollicht @TamithaSkov @PoollichtBE pic.twitter.com/JWAoSiovUH
— Kees Zwaan (@Kees_Zwaan) 5 september 2016
One of the few places in the world that weren't so lucky the past few days was Troon in Scotland. Hats off to MJS Ferrier Photography for trying anyway:
Header image: Marcel de Bont Photography (Kiruna, Sweden)
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