Its cause could be a magnetic storm.
On the night of May 10 to 11 in Ukraine, especially in the Khmelnytskyi region, it was possible to observe an unusual phenomenon – the northern lights.
According to the head of the Odesa Astronomical Society Mykhailo Ryabov, this became possible due to the flares on the Sun, the peak of which fell on May 8-10. “A large group of spots passed along the disk of the Sun, flashes occurred, and their number reached fifty, among them there were also very powerful ones. The culmination of events took place on May 8-10, when these series of flares followed the emission of large clouds of plasma, which were directed towards the earth. As a result, there was a big magnetic storm, the power of which is very high. If usually the aurora borealis is greenish, this time it was cherry-red,” the scientist quotes “Public”.
Also yesterday the weather forecaster Natalka Didenko wrote that a rather powerful geomagnetic storm is expected. “Problems with communication, deterioration of well-being are possible. Also, don’t be surprised by interesting or unusual atmospheric phenomena, if anything,” she wrote.
“First of all, in order to understand why this phenomenon is unique for our region, we should note that such a glow occurs due to the interaction of the solar wind (flow of protons, electrons and helium nuclei) with the Earth’s magnetic field, – ptold in 2022 at the Khmelnytskyi Regional Museum of Local Lore. – Particles of the flow, being excited, begin to glow. The color of the glow depends on the composition of the atmosphere. Oxygen atoms at an altitude of 170,400 kilometers glow red precisely in this spectrum, moreover, in a blurred form, the aurora borealis is observed at low latitudes. Oxygen atoms (at an altitude of 100,170 kilometers) and nitrogen molecules glow with the most common color, green. Due to the fact that particles of the solar wind, moving along the force lines of the planet, are carried towards the poles, this phenomenon is characteristic of high latitudes. However, during increased solar activity (solar storm), it can also be observed in the territories of lower latitudes (under the conditions of a cloudless sky and distance from large cities)”.
Photos of this sight immediately began to appear in various social networks:
Photo from Mykola Velichka’s Facebook page.
Photo from facebook.com/kamianetsplus
Photo from t.me/starkon24_7
Photo from facebook.com/kamianetsplus
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