THE STORM IS SUBSIDING (BUT IT’S NOT OVER): As predicted, a halo CME struck Earth’s on June 1st, sparking a severe (G4) geomagnetic storm.It was one of the biggest space weather events of Solar Cyle 25. The storm is subsiding now, but it’s not over. Minor (G1) to moderate (G2) storms remain possible on June 2nd as Earth’s magnetosphere reverberates from this significant blow. Aurora alerts: SMS Text
WIDESPREAD AURORAS ON JUNE 1ST: Yesterday’s severe geomagnetic storm produced widespread auroras. In Alberta, Canada, northern lights completely filled the sky:
Even the ground is green!
“This is looking straight up in a 360º panorama, with the horizon all around and the zenith at center,” says photographer Alan Dyer. “To capture the entire sky, I stitched together 8 segments, 45º apart, each a 5-second exposure taken in rapid succession.”
Auroras in Canada are normal. Auroras in New Mexico are not. But on June 1st, auroras appeared in many abnornal places. Jay Shaffer photographed the display from Tres Piedras, NM, at latitude +36.6 N:
“I rolled the dice on the early arrival of the CME, and caught this on June 1st at 01:36 MDT,” says Shaffer. “A lucky shot!”
Other notable low-latitude sightings include California, Colorado, Missouri, Utah, and maybe Louisiana. If the Louisiana photo is real, it means the geomagnetic glow stretched all the way from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. A great storm, indeed.
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