A very powerful geomagnetic storm caused auroras to be seen around the world. The natural phenomenon created unique images in dozens of countries, including Turkey.
Last night, an event occurred that was fascinating to many people. one from the sun geomagnetic storm, hit our planet with high intensity. Because of this impact, everywhere polar lights was seen. The natural phenomenon, also seen in Turkey, gave citizens a rare experience.
Polar lights occur as a result of explosions on the Sun interacting with the Earth’s upper atmosphere. Under normal conditions, our planet magnetic field, directs this storm, coming from millions of kilometers away, towards the poles, which causes the polar lights to appear. The polar lights, which are generally seen in northern countries such as Norway, Sweden and Finland, and Australia, are among them due to the extreme strength of the last geomagnetic storm. TürkiyeIt was also seen in dozens of European countries, including .
The aurora borealis, which are usually green, can also appear red, as was the case last night
Image said to have been shot in Van.
Polar lights generally appear green in color. However, in the incident that took place last night, it was more Red color tone image. Actually, this is a normal thing. The main reason for the different color formations is related to oxygen and nitrogen emissions. The reason why it appears red this time is because of nitrogen emissions to be high. In fact, it is possible to see the polar lights not only in green and red, but also in pink, yellow and blue.
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Images from last night’s incident posted on social media:
*A view from Tekirdağ.
*An image from Istanbul.
