June 1, 2025 Auroras
Itasca County
A series of solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) impacted Earth, bringing auroras covering at least the northern half of the sky. A full moon and a significant amount of wildfire smoke obscured the auroras, however. I went north of town in an attempt to document what there was, but it was challenging. I decided it wasn't worth a lot of effort because the contrast was so low, so I went a few miles north of town on Highway 38, stopped on the side of the road, took a couple pictures (one looking straight up, the other looking north), then went back home. Here are the best of my pictures.
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| Here is an image of the sun that I took as the sunspot of interest was facing Earth. |
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| Smoke-obscured auroras directly overhead. |
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| Smoke-obscured auroras in the northern sky. |
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