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Dr Tamitha Skov @tamithaskov.bsky.social · 23h

Space Weather has picks up in a big way! Region 4246 launches 4 solar storms towards Earth. Region 4248 and 4250 are entering the same hot longitudes and are becoming more active. Expect big flares, HF radio blackouts and & storm launches to continue! Strong Earth-impacts peak October 15-17.

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Dr Tamitha Skov @tamithaskov.bsky.social · 15d

This is just mesmerizing! The way the #aurora undulates looks almost like an undersea creature swimming. Hard to believe it's this bright on an iPhone. Great capture. Thanks for reporting!

debmaluk.bsky.social @debmaluk.bsky.social · 15d

#aurora corona in Southern Manitoba….iPhone video

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Shira Friedman @shirafriedman.bsky.social · 15d

Truly an unbelievable night of aurora up in the Yukon Territory. Thanks for all the tips @vincentledvina.bsky.social

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Sasquatchgotch @sasquatchgotch.bsky.social · 15d

Lovely night. 🩷 #northernlights #auroraborealis #yukonterritory

Aurora borealis. Night sky with green lights dancing across it.

Aurora borealis. Night sky with purple and green lights dancing across it.

Aurora borealis. Night sky with green and a little purple lights dancing across it.

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Dr Tamitha Skov @tamithaskov.bsky.social · 15d

Congrats! Thanks for reporting!

W-W-WereWolfe, Voice Actor and Unballasted Lactose Cultist @bbwolfevox.com · 15d

My first aurora🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹

The reds becoming more prominent over the horizon, still obscuring the stars. 3s exposure time

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Toni Reitter @tonichelle.bsky.social · 15d

Aurora is out tonight!

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Dr Tamitha Skov @tamithaskov.bsky.social · 15d

If you take long exposures, your cell phone camera might be able to pick up the colors that are too dim for your eyes to see. Thanks for reporting!

Dean W. Armstrong @dwarmstr.bsky.social · 15d

Aurora borealis for some tonight at Chicago -- I don't see it but others do with cameras. Bz is below -10 pushing -20 at times

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Dr Tamitha Skov @tamithaskov.bsky.social · 15d

Congrats!

Rin @soarandexplore.bsky.social · 15d

My first Aurora Borealis was tonight!
#alaska #northernlights #aurora #auroraborealis

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Lutu 💙💛 @lutu.bsky.social · 15d

The aurora foxes* have been working overtime tonight ✨
📷 @kitakettu.bsky.social & me

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Gernot Segelbacher 🪶 🧬 @gsegelbacher.bsky.social · 15d

Forest visitor tonight, good morning

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Vincent Ledvina @vincentledvina.bsky.social · 15d

Omg look at this GORGEOUS aurora in Posio, Finland happening right now! Beautiful green and red curtains are filling the sky. Europe is getting absolutely bathed in aurora tonight. Amazing stuff!

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MacGruboooooo @loxy.bsky.social · 15d

One of the best Aurora shows I’ve seen. Legit just stopped and watched it dance. Big camera is shooting. This is just iPhone again.

Trees in foreground with lots of green and pink Aurora behind

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Dr Tamitha Skov @tamithaskov.bsky.social · 15d

This is an auroral phenomenon known as a "sub-auroral" arc or "STEVE." It is occurring because there is an ongoing #solarstorm happening right now. Enjoy the show, but don't trust your GPS navigation signal while under these displays. They can cause it to jump around!

UFOFEED @ufofeed.bsky.social · 15d

Smoke or Aurora? NW Wyoming

https://www.ufofeed.com/151660/smoke-or-aurora-nw-wyoming/

Just took this photo at 12:15am NW Wyoming saw it at 296 degrees NW. Is this just smoke illuminated somehow? There is no light pollution this direction at all but there also isn’t any aurora borealis reports …

Smoke or Aurora? NW Wyoming

Just took this photo at 12:15am NW Wyoming saw it at 296 degrees NW. Is this just smoke illuminated somehow? There is no light pollution this direction at all but there also isn’t any aurora borealis reports today!by TheGeer

www.ufofeed.com

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Dr Tamitha Skov @tamithaskov.bsky.social · 15d

The stealthy #solarstorm has passed. Now the interaction region ahead of the fast solar wind has arrived! This "bow wave" of sorts has brought us #aurora as far south as Kansas and Oklahoma tonight. Shows are waning slowly, but New Zealand and Tasmania might still get a chance to catch some views!

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debmaluk.bsky.social @debmaluk.bsky.social · 15d

Yowza! #aurora in Southern Manitoba @tamithaskov.bsky.social

A high green band of aurora over a lake. There are small docks and boats on the grassy shore

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Justice 🇺🇦 @loveon9.bsky.social · 15d

The geomagnetic storm has resumed and maybe US.

Planetary K-index
Now: Kp= 5.33 storm
24-hr max: Kp= 5.33 storm
explanation | more data

Interplanetary Mag. Field
Btotal: 13.12 nT
Bz: -13.00 nT south

📸 Auroras
Taken by Jong Park on September 29, 2025 @ Fossholl, Iceland Spaceweather.com

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Dr Tamitha Skov @tamithaskov.bsky.social · 16d

The stealthy #solarstorm has arrived and it is beginning to really look good for #aurora shows, despite being pretty slow. Aurora chasers in the Western and those down under should get some decent periodic brightenings through morning as substorms ramp up!

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Geoff @monsieur8312024.bsky.social · 21d

Aurora…
(23.09.2025, 22.00 BST)

#Aurora #AuroraBorealis #NorthernLights #StormHour #NightPhotography #outerhebrides #Scotland @tamithaskov.bsky.social

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Dr Tamitha Skov @tamithaskov.bsky.social · 17d

High latitude #aurora chasers get a bit of a show due to the fast solar wind and embedded stealthy #solarstorm this week. Amateur #radio operators & #GPS users could see more noisy signals too. Learn the details in the new #SpaceWeatherWoman forecast: patreon.com/posts/139843...

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Justice 🇺🇦 @loveon9.bsky.social · 29d

Auroras start at about 9 min.
I loved last pic explainer on satellite locations w/tiny view top left: Red is Earth facing from NOAA, green is STERO-A, and the blue is from Solar Orbiter (ESA).

Space Weather Spotlight
#SpaceWeatherWoman
@tamithaskov.bsky.social

VIDEO
www.patreon.com/posts/secret...

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Dr Tamitha Skov @tamithaskov.bsky.social · 28d

Want to know why we had so much #aurora this week? Check out the secret magnetic island inside the coronal hole that sent the fast solar wind! Learn more in this week's #SpaceWeatherWoman forecast & see how much activity we should expect from regions rotating into view! patreon.com/posts/139005...

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Nina Brady @ninabrady.bsky.social · Sep 15

Some really cool aurora tonight in the northern suburbs of Chicago, along Lake Michigan @tamithaskov.bsky.social @vincentledvina.bsky.social @wickydubswx.bsky.social

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Vincent Ledvina @vincentledvina.bsky.social · Sep 3

Well, it’s barely out in Maine right now… pretty low glow on the northern horizon. We may see a substorm push this higher with some tall pillars, so let’s keep an eye on it. Anyone below the 45th parallel is going to have a hard time seeing much at the present moment.

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Redskies @redskies.bsky.social · Sep 3

#aurora but with some cloud cover. #uist

In a night sky mostly clouded, fluorescent green light below and a hint of pink behind the clouds.

Astonishing strength of fluorescent green light through the clouds.

This with the next picture shows the width of the aurora from north to northeast.

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Justice 🇺🇦 @loveon9.bsky.social · Sep 3

#Aurora
#SpaceWeather
#GeomagneticStorm
Aurora: Taken by Jon Frosti Tomasson on September 1, 2025 @ Budir, Iceland
spaceweathergallery2.com/indiv_upload...

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