Low-latitude red aurora sighted at Rikubetsu, Japan during the May 2024 superstorm (IMAGE)

Nagoya University

Low-latitude red aurora sighted at Rikubetsu, Japan during the May 2024 superstorm

Caption

A rare low-latitude aurora photographed at Rikubetsu, Japan, during the May 2024 super geomagnetic storm, the strongest in over 20 years. This storm caused extreme compression of Earth’s plasmasphere, documented for the first time through direct satellite measurements.

Credit

Nozomu Nishitani, Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research (ISEE), Nagoya University

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