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A solar storm has caused a rare pink aurora in the sky over Norway

Added	Thu, 10/11/2022
Источники	earth-chronicles.ru
Дата публикации	Thu, 10/11/2022
Версии	The Aurora (Northern lights)

A rare pink aurora was observed in the sky over Norway on November 3. It was caused by a solar storm that "made a hole" in the planet's magnetic field. This is reported by Live Science.

According to the portal, the pink aurora appeared in the sky over Norway at about 18:00 p.m. local time and lasted about two minutes. He was able to see a tourist group from the company Greenlander, which was based near the city of Tromso.

"It was the strongest pink aurora I've seen in the last ten years," the guide accompanying the tour group, Marcus Varick, told the portal.

Live Science explained that the natural phenomenon was provoked by a solar storm that "broke through" the Earth's magnetosphere. According to experts, the streams of charged particles managed to penetrate deep into the atmosphere, which caused a pink glow. The crack in the magnetosphere eventually tightened after six hours. During this time, the aurora was also recorded in the sky over Sweden, but its color was blue.