October Storm (in the Magnetosphere)

A Kp 8 severe geomagnetic storm hit Earth through the night of October 10-11, 2024, sparking widespread northern through all of Canada, US and as far south as Puerto Rico and Mexico. Together with the Kp 9 storm on May 10-11, these were the strongest geomagnetic disturbances recorded in the past 20 years.

This image was taken in Southampton, Ontario around 10 pm, when the northern lights surged in strength and blanketed the entire sky. The most common colours of aurora are green (from oxygen at low altitude) and red (from oxygen at high altitude). The orange aurora seen in this image came from the mixing of red and green.