Photo from yesterday. Pictures from Monday's little Ragnarök rehearsal will take a while, though. Many of those are complex panoramas, some wider than 180°. Takes time that is currently demanded elsewhere.
solarstorm
We couldn't have hoped for a better advertisement for this year’s public lecture series than last night's spectacular show of northern lights!
The talks will deal with all the exciting aspects in the fiery relationship between the Sun and the Earth (in German). So if you want to learn more about the Sun, the aurora borealis, the dangers of solar storms, about space weather forecasting and more, join us for
"Im Feuerwerk der Sonne" https://www.mps.mpg.de/im-feuerwerk-der-sonne
The series kicks off with the first talk by Sami Solanki on Thursday, 12 February 2026 at 19:00h in the auditorium at MPS Göttingen (OSM: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/253918007#map=19/51.560282/9.948555)
#Sun #spaceweather #flare #CME #solarstorm #aurora #auroraborealis #OeffentlicherVortrag #MPSGoettingen #Goettingen
Another timelapse of aurora from Kapiti, New Zealand starting at dusk this evening.
#aurora #Kapiti #NZ #SolarStorm #AuroraAustralis
Timelapse of aurora from Kapiti, New Zealand this evening.
#aurora #Kapiti #nz #solarStorm #AuroraAustralis
The Guardian: Intense geomagnetic storms could make auroras visible in southern US
Major disturbance in the Earth’s magnetic field may make northern lights visible far more south than usual
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/19/aurora-visibility-north-south