On the night of this Thursday, October 10, the Yucatan sky surprised the inhabitants with colorful tones for the visual delight of those of those who could observe it after a solar storm occurred that day.
According to various posts on social media, the sky showed shades of pink, blue, turquoise, lilac, and violet as a gradient in different areas of the Yucatecan geography.
The fact was confirmed by the Institute of Geological and Atmospheric Research, since the northern lights were visible thanks to a geomagnetic storm that resulted from a flare from the sun, which reached level 5, classified as extreme, at 6:00 p.m.
The phenomenon was also confirmed by the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); although at the beginning it was predicted at level 4.
The phenomenon was seen in the north and portions of central and southeastern Mexico, such as the Yucatan Peninsula, where nature offered an indescribable celestial spectacle.
According to NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center, the geomagnetic storm is predicted to be generating the northern lights in mid- and low-latitudes also this Friday, October 11, so you still have time to observe them.
Just a few days ago the Yucatecan sky was also painted purple after the passage of Hurricane Milton, category 5 due to the atmospheric changes that the meteor implied.
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