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Why does the aurora borealis appear to be white in the sky but in pictures it has nice coloration? (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by andrewta@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] dingus@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Uhhhh, I saw them yesterday in southern hemisphere in Europe.

Wait what? Surely something here has a typo, right???

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 6 months ago

Maybe the poles finally swapped? Lol

[–] lemmyarcade@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Tons of people sharing pictures on reddit from this event. Apparently a large solar storm has been happening.

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 6 months ago (2 children)

The entirety of Europe is all in the Northern hemisphere, bro.

[–] N0x0n@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 months ago

Corrected !

[–] Niquarl@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 months ago

Maybe including overseas territory?