Photo: Wouter van BernebeekThe Northern Lights above Nuland and Geffen (photo: Niels Sommers).The Northern Lights above Hank (photo: Nicole Oomen).The Northern Lights above Veghel (photo: Arthur Pfaff).Next
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Fans of weather phenomena could enjoy beautiful northern lights on Sunday evening. Weatherman Wouter van Bernebeek was one of them and beautifully captured the weather phenomenon in Cuijk. It is not often that the pink glow is so clearly visible to the naked eye.
“The Northern Lights even hung above our heads for a moment,” says Wouter. “That’s quite special so far south!”
He took his photo during the best ‘peak moment’, around half past six in the evening at the Kraaijenbergse Plassen. “A longer shutter speed – seven seconds – was used on the camera, which made the colors more prominent. Visually it was also beautifully visible, but more even in color.”
“The weather has to be good.”
The colored glow in the sky is caused by electrically charged particles from the sun colliding with the atmosphere at high speed. This produces pink and green light phenomena. Van Bernebeek knew that the northern lights were coming on Sunday, so he went to Cuijk well prepared.
“These electrically charged particles travel to Earth for two days, so we knew for two days that there was a chance to see the Northern Lights. Of course, we always have to wait and see how it turns out. The weather, for example, has to be good,” says Van Bernebeek. .
“The color was really strong.”
It turned out well, because the northern lights could be seen in many places in Brabant on Sunday. “It’s quite special how easy it is to see with the naked eye.” Even when the peak was over, if you were lucky you could still see the emergency lights in the evening or at night. According to the weatherman, peaks of five or ten minutes were still possible.
Several Brabanders had seen the light on Sunday evening. This resulted in many beautiful photos. Niels Sommers, for example, saw the light above Nuland and Geffen around a quarter past six for about twenty minutes. “The color was really strong and even moved a little at times,” he says.
The northern lights in Heusden (photo: Gijs de Reijke).The northern lights above Nuland and Geffen (photo: Niels Sommers).Photo: Niels Sommers.
Jesse Neervens saw a green-purple glow hanging above Helmond. That resulted in a beautiful photo.
Photo: Jesse Neervens.
Arthur Pfaff recorded the phenomenon in Veghel.
The northern lights above Veghel (photo: Arthur Pfaff).
People also post photos of the purple-pink glow on social media. Pierre saw it very clearly above Boxmeer.
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Niels Kalkman also saw the northern lights with the naked eye.
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At the Maaspoort in Den Bosch, the pink glow could be seen from the backyard.
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Emiel took a beautiful photo in Vught.
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Wouter van Bernebeek has also taken more than enough beautiful photos. Like this one, seen on his camera screen:
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2023-11-06 05:11:13
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