Magnetic field
It’s beautiful an aurora borealis seen from space
American astronaut John Cassada took a photo from the ISS of the phenomenon caused by the intense solar activity of recent days.
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The photo posted by John Cassada on February 28.
John Cassada/NASA
A hole has formed in the sun’s outer atmosphere, allowing the solar wind, a stream of charged particles, to constantly flow in the direction of Earth. These clouds of solar plasma reached our planet on February 26 and 27, disturbing its magnetic field and favoring the formation of the aurora borealis.
Of many sightings have been made, even in regions far from the poles. The pilots of one plane also gave their plane a full turn so that all passengers could observe the phenomenon.
But the palm of the photo undoubtedly goes to John Cassada. The NASA astronaut is currently aboard the International Space Station and it is from there that he was able to observe an aurora borealis forming like a crown around the planet, reports Space.com. “Absolutely unreal” he comments in his message posted on February 28. We agree with him.