Red northern lights - global occurrence?

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    Red northern lights have been spotted in southern United States and Europe. Is this a sign of coming war?

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    https://www.space.com/strong-geomagnetic-storm-triggers-auroras-worldwide-photos-november-2023

    Powerful solar storm supercharges auroras and STEVE around the world (photos)
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    Gareth Mon Jones caught a stunning view of the aurora above Penmon Lighthouse, Anglesey. (Image credit: Gareth Mon Jones)
    Skywatchers worldwide were treated to a magnificent aurora light show over the weekend as northern lights were reported as far south as Greece and Turkey.

    The colorful aurora displays were triggered by a strong geomagnetic storm that peaked as a strong G3 on Nov. 5 at 12:40 p.m. EST (1740 GMT) on the 5-grade scale used by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to assess the severity of space weather events.

    Geomagnetic storms are disturbances to Earth's magnetic field caused by solar material from coronal mass ejections (CME) — large expulsions of plasma and magnetic fields from the sun's atmosphere. This particular geomagnetic storm was triggered by not one but two CMEs that slammed into Earth on Nov 4 and Nov. 5, according to spaceweather.com

    Related: Aurora colors: What causes them and why do they vary?

    During a solar storm, energized particles from the sun slam into Earth's atmosphereat speeds of up to 45 million mph (72 million km/h) and our planet's magnetic field funnels the particles toward the poles. The supercharging of molecules in Earth's atmosphere triggers the colorful spectacles, which usually remain limited to areas at high latitudes for the aurora borealis (northern lights) and low latitudes for the aurora australis (southern lights).

    Below, we take a look at some of the best aurora photos captured by skywatchers around the world.

    Debby Thorne captured this beautiful display from Cullen on the Moray Firth in Scotland with an iPhone 14 Pro in night mode on Nov. 5.


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    Vibrant pink aurora display from Cullen on the Moray Firth in Scotland looking towards Bow Fiddle Rock. (Image credit: Debby Thorne)
    "I am lucky to have seen the Aurora many times as used to live on the west coast of Scotland — and lucky to still see them on the Moray Firth where we live now." Thorne told Space.com "But I have to say the display last night was incredible"

    "I've never seen such bright pinks — usually greens with faint pink. I never tire of seeing them and often feel overwhelmed by this amazing thing going on in the sky and we are but a dot. I often wonder what our ancestors must have made when they saw the sky dancing, I just feel incredibly lucky to be able to experience it from my back door in Scotland." Thorne continued.

    Meteorologist Angel Enriquez was working the evening shift at the National Weather Service in Glasgow, northeast Montana when his colleague alerted him to the aurora light show.

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    how can something so beautiful actually mean something so dangerous :cry:
     
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    It may have no meaning whatsoever in the prophetic sense. We’ll only know for sure in hindsight.
     
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    a photographer friend of mine got some pics of the red aurora last night in Arizona! They were beautiful.
     
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    On FB northern lights are being seen tonight in Indiana. Not at our place but I keep looking! They are red.
     
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