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Your aurora shots: Northern Lights captured by app users

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November 10, 2023

Your aurora shots
Northern Lights captured by app users

Donaghmore, County Tyrone in Northern Ireland.Donaghmore, County Tyrone in Northern Ireland. - © Liam Brennan

In recent days, the ethereal aurora graced our skies and many Weather & Radar users managed to capture the spectacle.

Weather & Radar user, Liam Brennan, captured his images across different locations in Northern Ireland, though they were also seen across many other parts of the U.K., U.S., and Ireland.

Aurora seen as far south as Cornwallread more

In reality, the Northern Lights are not quite as intense as they tend to appear in the pictures. Often you cannot even see them at all with the naked eye.

Our eyes struggle to recognize colors in the dark, and we can also lengthen the exposure time on our cameras to help capture their light.

This strong, celestial spectacle is likely during periods of strong solar activity, and a particularly large number of plasma particles from the sun reached us over the weekend.

U.S. views of the northern lights showread more

The aurora weren't just spotted in the U.K., much of northern, central, and eastern Europe, as well as the U.S. got a glimpse too. The following time-lapse video was created in Thaining, in the district of Landsberg in Bavaria in Germany. Though for some, cloud skewed the view.

The colors spotted were also rare, particularly through Germany and all the way down to the Alps. Auroras are more commonly seen as a green color, for several reasons.

A combination of factors including oxygen amount, altitude, dominant wavelength and human vision can make green the most prevalent color. However, rare red shades at higher altitudes were seen across parts of Germany in recent days.

If you also managed to capture the magical light of the aurora, feel free to share it with us! You can always find the uploader in the app or via the link here.

Weather & Radar USA editorial team
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