On October 10 we had an extreme solar storm hitting the Earth. A strong X-class eruption happened on the sun and it was directly directed at Earth. When we got hit a couple of days later I desperately wanted to see the northern lights that it brings but our skies were cloudy.
I regularly looked out the window to see if some holes could be seen in the clouds. At some point, I noticed some clearing. I didn't waste a second. Took my camera and ran outside to see what I could see.
What I did see was nothing short but spectacular color play.
I could clearly see everything with my naked eyes. A lot of red color was visible and and also green. I directed my camera straight above my head because it was cloud-free. These are the photos I got.
This is pretty much what I could see with my naked eyes too. I try to not overexpose my photos too much because I want to keep them on the same level as reality. Otherwise, I could make the light look much more brighter if I wanted to.
You can see a lot of clouds too but the lights were so intense that I could see those even behind the clouds.
I was lucky that it even cleared up for a while and I got to capture that. After 20 minutes it got fully cloudy again and I went back home. I didn't notice any clear skies after that anymore that night. Storms of that level are pretty rare but I have a feeling that we will get something like that this season again.
