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Credit & Copyright: Samil Cabrera
Explanation:
Northern lights have come to Florida skies.
In fact, the brilliant streak of a Northern Taurid meteor flashes
through the starry night sky above the beach in this sea and skyscape,
captured from Shired Island, Florida on November 11.
Meteors from the annual Northern
Taurid meteor shower
are expected this time of year.
But the digital camera exposure also records the shimmering glow of
aurora, a phenomenon more often seen
from our fair planet's higher geographical latitudes.
Also known as aurora borealis, these northern lights are part of recent,
wide spread
auroral activity caused by
strong geomagnetic storms.
In the last few days,
stormy spaceweather has been triggered by
multiple Earth impacting
coronal mass ejections and intense solar activity.
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Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: aurora borealis - meteor - geomagnetic storm
Publications with words: aurora borealis - meteor - geomagnetic storm
See also:
- APOD: 2025 August 25 Á The Meteor and the Star Cluster
- APOD: 2025 August 6 Á Meteor before Galaxy
- APOD: 2025 February 10 Á Auroral Hummingbird over Norway
- APOD: 2024 December 23 Á Christmas Tree Aurora
- APOD: 2024 November 27 Á The Meteor and the Comet
- APOD: 2024 May 22 Á Green Aurora over Sweden
- North Celestial Aurora