Pink glows were observed in some parts of the world.
Last week, unusual pink northern lights were observed in the sky over Norway. They were associated with a solar storm that punched a “breach” in the Earth's magnetosphere, due to which charged particles penetrated the atmosphere deeper than usual, leading to the appearance of unusual colors, according to Live Science.
An unusual phenomenon was noticed On November 3, a group of tourists led by Markus Varik, a tour guide in search of the northern lights from the Greenlander company. According to Varik, the bright aurora borealis appeared around 18:00 local time and lasted for approximately two minutes.
Read also: Scientists recorded audio with the eerie sound of the Earth's magnetic fieldThe pink aurora borealis appeared soon after the formation of a small crack in the magnetosphere – the invisible magnetic field that surrounds the Earth. Scientists noticed this gap after the planet was covered by a weak magnetic storm of class G1.
Auroras appear when streams of high-energy charged particles, known as the solar wind, hit the Earth's magnetosphere. The planet's magnetic field protects us from dangerous radiation, but it is weaker at the poles, which is why the solar wind passes through the atmosphere. Particles overheat gases that glow brightly in the night sky.
Usually aurora borealis are colored green, it is given by oxygen atoms in the atmosphere. But during the magnetic storm on November 3, a gap was formed that allowed charged particles to descend below, where the most common gas was nitrogen. As a result, the aurora borealis were painted in a neon-pink color.
According to Varik, deep green aurora borealis were also observed that day.
The crack in the magnetosphere closed approximately six hours later appearance At that time, a strip of blue light appeared over Sweden, which hung motionless for 30 minutes. But not all experts believe that this was an unusual phenomenon associated with the northern lights. Some assume that this was the result of the launch of a Russian rocket.
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