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32 stunning photos of auroras seen from space
Auroras (also called the northern and southern lights) are visible from the ground after powerful solar storms, but these natural light shows look even more majestic from above. Here are 32 spectacular photos of auroras taken from space.
Aurora photos: Stunning northern lights glisten after biggest geomagnetic storm in 21 years
An immense geomagnetic storm caused auroras as far south as Florida for the first time in 21 years after the sun unleashed a wave of solar flares and at least seven coronal mass ejections at Earth.
Horned 'SpaceX spiral' photobombs auroras over Europe in 1st-of-its-kind sighting
Aurora-hunting photographers were surprised to spot a misshaped SpaceX spiral with ethereal horns over Europe during a recent geomagnetic storm.
Weird dent in Earth's magnetic field is messing with auroras in the Southern Hemisphere
The South Atlantic Anomaly makes a section of the southern aurora weaker and likely dimmer.
Northern lights photographer of the year winners
The winners for the 2023 "Northern lights photographer of the year" include locations from which the northern lights have never been photographed before.
Solar storm causes 'impossible,' pumpkin-colored auroras to fill the sky
A striking new image shows bright orange auroras dancing in the night sky above Canada. But auroras should never be this color, so what's going on?
25 breathtaking images of the northern lights
Auroras paint the skies in eerie hues of green and blue in these stunning images of the northern lights.
Solar storm smashes hole in Earth's magnetosphere, triggering extremely rare pink auroras
On Nov. 3, a solar storm caused a temporary crack in Earth's magnetic field. The resulting hole enabled energetic particles to penetrate deep into the planet's atmosphere and set off extremely rare pink auroras.
