Northern Lights illuminate the Greek sky

In several regions of Greece, the Aurora Borealis, more commonly known as the Northern Lights, was captured on the night of Thursday to Friday.

Amateur photographers recorded the Northern Lights, which turned the sky red in Mount Paikos, Chortiatis, Halkidiki, Livadia, Evia, Penteli, Corfu and Crete.

See photos from Mount Paiko

See photos from Thessaloniki

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See photo from Corfu

See photo from Penteli

See photo from Lesvos

See photo from Chania

See photo from Serres

See photo from Skiathos

The Northern Lights have appeared in Greece in:

August 4, 1524
September 1621
March 1739
June 11, 1771
September 1, 1779
March 12, 1786
24 and 25 October 1870
March 24, 1940
October 2003
November 20, 2003
August 10, 2010
November 5, 2023
May 11, 2024
10 and 11 October 2024

The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced a strong solar storm. On Tuesday night, scientists recorded a significant ejection of matter and magnetic field from the solar corona. Such a storm could temporarily disrupt power and radio signals.

Experts have issued a warning for a G4 geomagnetic storm (the second highest on a five-point scale) with a maximum speed of 1,300 kilometres per second.

NOAA had alerted operators of power plants and orbiting spacecraft to take precautions. It also notified the Federal Emergency Management Agency of possible power outages as the agency dealt with the devastating effects of Hurricanes Helene and Milton on Florida.

In October 2003, a severe solar storm plunged parts of Sweden into darkness and destroyed energy infrastructure in South Africa.

Photos from Facebook: Konstantinos Emmanoulidis, Vivi Noula, Aristides Voulgaris, Kallias Ioannidis and Dimitris Malliaris, Vassilis Triantaphyllou, Andreas Vosinakis, Themis Karteris, Panagiotis Tsouras, Vassilis Dionysopoulos, Giannis Miliadis, Thanasis Papathanasiou

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