Watch: Aurora Dazzles Ladakh Skies As Geomagnetic Storm Hits Earth

The skies had been set ablaze in vibrant lights when the strongest geomagnetic storm struck Earth’s magnetic fields. The Indian Astronomical Observatory (IAO) above Mount Saraswati captured this uncommon phenomenon on digital camera on April 22-23 evening over the Ladakh sky.

A 360-degree digital camera arrange on the Indian Astronomical Observatory (IAO) in Ladakh Hanle captured the attractive mild present within the sky which is related to excessive latitudes within the Arctic area.

“The aurora lights had been seen as a result of an intense geomagnetic storm that hit the Earth. This can be very uncommon to see the aurora at such a low latitude,” the Indian Institute of Astrophysics stated in a tweet.

Watch the video right here:

#Aurora from #Ladakh!
It is a time-lapse of the sky taken by a 360 deg digital camera at from #Hanle on 22/23 April evening. You may see the aurora lights as a result of an intense geomagnetic storm that hit the Earth. This can be very uncommon to see aurora at such a low latitude! @dstindia (1/n) pic.twitter.com/gGbrw86vsb

— IIAstrophysics (@IIABengaluru) April 29, 2023

The uncommon sight befell at 11:42 PM on 21 April, “At 11:42 PM on 21 Apr the Solar launched a coronal mass ejection in the direction of the Earth. This CME (velocity of 500-600 km/s) was related to an M1 class photo voltaic flare. The CME arrived at Earth late on April 23 at 10 PM,” IAO stated in one other tweet.

In accordance with IAO, the aurora got here to lower-than-usual latitudes in a single day resulting in uncommon sightings of from Europe, China & Ladakh in India. Such a extreme geomagnetic storm final occurred in 2015.

Wageesh Mishra, Assistant Professor on the Indian Institute of Astrophysics added that this geoeffective CME led to a wonderful evening for auroral exercise.

 The auroras are usually seen at increased altitudes in elements of Alaska, Norway, and different international locations.