03-06-2025
Dazzling auroras seen worldwide after solar blast from the Sun. Pictures inside
A series of dazzling auroras were observed in several parts of the world including the United States and Canada as a solar storm struck Earth's magnetic strongest eruption from the Sun in 2025 struck Earth with exponential power as Earth's atmosphere continues to reverberate from the impact, which has been termed a halo Coronal Mass Ejection (CME), has been significant even as the storm subsides.
The storm has continued with few breaks for more than 60 hours. (Photo: X/@@BsauceSays)
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A halo CME is an eruption of solar plasma and magnetic field that appears to form a halo around the Sun when it is moving directly along the line of sight—either toward or away from Earth. If it's Earth-directed, it can have serious effects on technology and physicists confirmed that the storm had continued with few breaks for more than 60 hours, pointing to the power and effectiveness of the CME that might go down as the strongest event of the ongoing Solar Cycle source of this solar eruption is Sunspot 4100, which erupted in a dramatic fashion on May 31.
Aurora Borealis seen over Washington State. (Photo: X/@PNWAurora)
advertisementEarth-orbiting satellites detected an M8.2-class solar flare that lasted more than three hours, an unusually long and powerful event. While technically just shy of the X-class threshold, the flare's slow, sustained energy release provided ample force to launch a massive CME from the Sun's northern lights were also seen in San Diego and some residents in Tulsa, reported catching glimpses of the aurora. Meanwhile, in the Southern Hemisphere, pink and red auroras were spotted lighting up the skies over Queenstown in of High River 20250603T0600ZJust arrived as the aurora fired up Harlan Thomas (@theauroraguy) June 3, 2025Before the storm hit, experts had predicted that the auroras might be visible across a wide swath of the northern United States, including Alaska, Washington, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine, along with most of Wyoming, Idaho, Iowa and New also suggested potential sightings in parts of Oregon, Nebraska, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Watch
