Photo from yesterday. Pictures from Monday's little Ragnarök rehearsal will take a while, though. Many of those are complex panoramas, some wider than 180°. Takes time that is currently demanded elsewhere.
Photo from yesterday. Pictures from Monday's little Ragnarök rehearsal will take a while, though. Many of those are complex panoramas, some wider than 180°. Takes time that is currently demanded elsewhere.
We couldn't have hoped for a better advertisement for this year’s public lecture series than last night's spectacular show of northern lights!
The talks will deal with all the exciting aspects in the fiery relationship between the Sun and the Earth (in German). So if you want to learn more about the Sun, the aurora borealis, the dangers of solar storms, about space weather forecasting and more, join us for
"Im Feuerwerk der Sonne" https://www.mps.mpg.de/im-feuerwerk-der-sonne
The series kicks off with the first talk by Sami Solanki on Thursday, 12 February 2026 at 19:00h in the auditorium at MPS Göttingen (OSM: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/253918007#map=19/51.560282/9.948555)
#Sun #spaceweather #flare #CME #solarstorm #aurora #auroraborealis #OeffentlicherVortrag #MPSGoettingen #Goettingen
We couldn't have hoped for a better advertisement for this year’s public lecture series than last night's spectacular show of northern lights!
The talks will deal with all the exciting aspects in the fiery relationship between the Sun and the Earth (in German). So if you want to learn more about the Sun, the aurora borealis, the dangers of solar storms, about space weather forecasting and more, join us for
"Im Feuerwerk der Sonne" https://www.mps.mpg.de/im-feuerwerk-der-sonne
The series kicks off with the first talk by Sami Solanki on Thursday, 12 February 2026 at 19:00h in the auditorium at MPS Göttingen (OSM: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/253918007#map=19/51.560282/9.948555)
#Sun #spaceweather #flare #CME #solarstorm #aurora #auroraborealis #OeffentlicherVortrag #MPSGoettingen #Goettingen
Y’all. Take just a moment to forget everything humanity has ever done, and watch the amazing G5 geomagnetic storm as it rips through our fragile air bubble.
That our puny race of hairless apes has survived aeons despite everything the universe throws at us, well surely it’s a mathematical improbability. Well done everybody! Take the 23rd off.
Live feed from some random dude’s backyard, and it’s honestly amazing.
https://www.youtube.com/live/YfF0ngef-WA?si=fbpTTvC1XxGNR2DE
Live feed via Afar.tv from Grindavik, Iceland. Also volcano too maybe on same feed. I think they’re switching cameras as sky conditions change. They have other feeds on their channel if one clouds over.
https://www.youtube.com/live/GzdFAwFtryQ?
Edit, fix link
I usually share only high resolution images here. But for astrophotographyI still need another lens and this time all I had was my phone.
We already knew a solar storm was heading our way. Ever since I missed the massive storm back in May 2024, I’ve been trying every single time. Sooo I went out only to realize that the fog was just as thick as it had been hours earlier. After a full day of sunshine it honestly felt like the weather was mocking me. Standing alone on a field, waiting for what felt like forever… nothing. No glow. No hint. Just fog. So I packed my things and started walking back.
And THEN my first beam appeared. The dancing green lights you always see in photos and documentaries. I stopped immediately and thought: Wait… that green cloud wasn‘t there a second ago?!
Pulled out my phone and it was gone.
Then it came back. Again and again. At the peak there were two beams at once.
Watching them appear and fade in real time is a feeling you can’t put into words. I was sitting there with tears in my eyes. I truly never believed I would see green, dancing auroras with my own eyes in southern Germany. Until now, I was already grateful just for the faint red glow that I saw two times already.
This was something else.
Absolutely unreal. The quality isn’t what I usually share but I had to share this moment. Some things are too powerful to keep to yourself.🙂
#aurora #auroraborealis #northernlights #solarstorm #spaceweather #astrophotography #nightphotography #phonephotography #stargazing #skywatcher #cosmicmoments #onceinalifetime #natureiswild #emotionalmoment #chasingaurora #southerngermany #nightscape #spaceconnection #meaningoverquality
Article on the Northern Lights / Aurora Borealis caused by the largest solar radiation storm in 20+ years
https://www.dw.com/en/northern-lights-aurora-usa-canada-germany-europe/a-75573074
#aurora #AuroraBorealis #SolarStorm
Y’all. Take just a moment to forget everything humanity has ever done, and watch the amazing G5 geomagnetic storm as it rips through our fragile air bubble.
That our puny race of hairless apes has survived aeons despite everything the universe throws at us, well surely it’s a mathematical improbability. Well done everybody! Take the 23rd off.
Live feed from some random dude’s backyard, and it’s honestly amazing.
https://www.youtube.com/live/YfF0ngef-WA?si=fbpTTvC1XxGNR2DE
Live feed via Afar.tv from Grindavik, Iceland. Also volcano too maybe on same feed. I think they’re switching cameras as sky conditions change. They have other feeds on their channel if one clouds over.
https://www.youtube.com/live/GzdFAwFtryQ?
Edit, fix link
Article on the Northern Lights / Aurora Borealis caused by the largest solar radiation storm in 20+ years
https://www.dw.com/en/northern-lights-aurora-usa-canada-germany-europe/a-75573074
#aurora #AuroraBorealis #SolarStorm
I usually share only high resolution images here. But for astrophotographyI still need another lens and this time all I had was my phone.
We already knew a solar storm was heading our way. Ever since I missed the massive storm back in May 2024, I’ve been trying every single time. Sooo I went out only to realize that the fog was just as thick as it had been hours earlier. After a full day of sunshine it honestly felt like the weather was mocking me. Standing alone on a field, waiting for what felt like forever… nothing. No glow. No hint. Just fog. So I packed my things and started walking back.
And THEN my first beam appeared. The dancing green lights you always see in photos and documentaries. I stopped immediately and thought: Wait… that green cloud wasn‘t there a second ago?!
Pulled out my phone and it was gone.
Then it came back. Again and again. At the peak there were two beams at once.
Watching them appear and fade in real time is a feeling you can’t put into words. I was sitting there with tears in my eyes. I truly never believed I would see green, dancing auroras with my own eyes in southern Germany. Until now, I was already grateful just for the faint red glow that I saw two times already.
This was something else.
Absolutely unreal. The quality isn’t what I usually share but I had to share this moment. Some things are too powerful to keep to yourself.🙂
#aurora #auroraborealis #northernlights #solarstorm #spaceweather #astrophotography #nightphotography #phonephotography #stargazing #skywatcher #cosmicmoments #onceinalifetime #natureiswild #emotionalmoment #chasingaurora #southerngermany #nightscape #spaceconnection #meaningoverquality
A solar proton storm (S3) is already in progress after a powerful X-class solar flare. Now NOAA warns a SEVERE G4 geomagnetic storm is possible the night of Jan 19–20, when a CME from an X1.9 long-duration flare hits Earth. Aurora may be visible across northern U.S. states—and camera-visible color could reach as far south as AZ, TX & SoCal. Charge phones and look north! https://spaceweather.com/
#SolarStorm #AuroraAlert #SpaceWeather #GeomagneticStorm #CME #SolarFlare
A solar proton storm (S3) is already in progress after a powerful X-class solar flare. Now NOAA warns a SEVERE G4 geomagnetic storm is possible the night of Jan 19–20, when a CME from an X1.9 long-duration flare hits Earth. Aurora may be visible across northern U.S. states—and camera-visible color could reach as far south as AZ, TX & SoCal. Charge phones and look north! https://spaceweather.com/
#SolarStorm #AuroraAlert #SpaceWeather #GeomagneticStorm #CME #SolarFlare
