Rare Red Aurora Spotted In Ladakh Skies As Geomagnetic Storm Hits Earth
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The red aurora phenomenon was visible towards the northern horizon from 10 pm until midnight, with its intensity peaking around 10:39 pm.
The Hanle and Merak observatories in Ladakh, which capture pictures of the night sky, recently spotted an unexpected yet stunning celestial event In India - a rare red aurora. According to Bengaluru's Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), the rare redness in the skies was observed on Sunday, and the unusual spectacle was attributed to a Stable Auroral Red (SAR) arc, which is a rare atmospheric phenomenon that paints the sky in vivid shades of red, instead of more common green and blue lights that are typically associated with auroras at higher altitudes. Red auroral activity, attributed to a SAR event, was seen on 5 November from our observatories in Hanle and Merak in Ladakh! This was due to a geomagnetic storm caused by a solar storm #Aurora#RedAurora@dstindia@asipoec@cessi_iiserkol@dorje1974@NASASun@spaceweatherpic.twitter.com/BlsrMRif9j
"Red auroral activity, attributed to a SAR event, was seen on 5 November from our observatories in Hanle and Merak in Ladakh! This was due to a geomagnetic storm caused by a solar storm #Aurora #RedAurora," IIA Bengaluru wrote on X (formerly Twitter).
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