Spectacular Solar Storm Paints Ladakh's Night Sky Crimson
In a rare celestial spectacle, a vibrant crimson hue illuminated the night sky over portions of Ladakh in a stable auroral red arc at the Hanle Dark Sky Reserve nestled in the lofty Himalayas. This captivating phenomenon was spurred by potent solar magnetic storms hurtling toward Earth. Visuals of the same were shared on social media by netizens. As per news agency PTI, scientists at the Centre of Excellence in Space Sciences in India (CESSI), Kolkata, concluded that solar storms, also known as coronal mass ejections, originate from the AR13664 region of the sun. This region has produced several high-energy solar flares, some of which are approaching Earth at a speed of 800 km/s. In the northern hemisphere's higher latitudes, viewers from Austria, Germany, Slovakia, Switzerland, Denmark, and Poland captured breathtaking auroras or northern lights on camera. They posted brief videos of it to social media. Astronomers at the Hanle Dark Sky Reserve saw a red glow in Ladakh on the nort...
