Earth got hit by a Coronal Mass Ejection from our Sun’s activity region AR3664 yesterday. Polar lights were spectacularly visible in most parts of Germany. My friend Michael woke me up around 23:30 CEST (= 21:30 UT) and I immediately rushed to the outside. After taking few (bad) pictures with my smartphone, I moved back to my apartment and observed the natural spectacle from my balcony. We even saw the International Space Station passing over us – a very eventful evening.
The geomagnetic storm isn’t over yet, we might be able to observe further polar lights tonight! I’ll try to catch some photographs with my DSLR camera!
I will post more photos here.