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This was taken on an exceptional evening from an Aurora perspective. The largest Coronal Mass Ejection for some 20 years. Recently an ink blotch trail of sunspots ten times the size of Earth appeared on the Sun, so big it was even visible to the naked eye through solar eclipse glasses and was a stunning sight through telescopes fitted with solar filters. As it developed, this sunspot group began firing off powerful solar flares, again and again.

And when a sequence of these flares was directed towards Earth, astronomers who study space weather became very excited at the prospect of enhanced auroral activity in the night sky once the solar material reached Earth. They predicted that, if everything went well, the evening of Friday 10 May 2024 might see an impressive display of the Northern Lights, perhaps even one of the largest for years. They were not wrong!

Canon R5
Sigma 20mm f/1.4
f/1.4
20 Second Exposure

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