Aurora in Ladakh: As solar storm hits Hanle, night sky lights up in stunning crimson hue

Several videos of the rare occurrence in Ladakh, India took over social media.

Aurora lights illuminate in Ladakh's sky

An intense solar storm, which hit Earth on Friday, triggered breathtaking light shows in the sky across several countries. On Saturday, the storm created auroras in Ladakh’s Hanle, leaving the Internet stunned.

Several videos of the rare occurrence took over social media. Instagram user Vincent Ledvina shared a video showing how he witnessed aurora lights in Hanle. The video opens with a view of the Taj Mahal and further shares how Ledvina reached the outskirts of Hanle. “Can’t believe I got this shot all the way from India! This is such a rare occurrence here, I am so stoked! Who saw the aurora last night? We just had the strongest geomagnetic storm in 20 years,” Ledvina wrote.

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The video garnered over 119,920 likes and several reactions. “You are really so lucky man,” a user wrote. “We got Aurora in Munich! And welcome to the most breathtaking part of India!” another user commented.

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In a time-lapse video shared by an X handle @NewsIADN, one can see a crimson hue slowly covering the sky in Hanle. Sharing the video, the user wrote, “Aurora lights witnessed in India. Aurora lights were seen in Hanle, Ladakh, providing insight on incredible geomagnetic storm. Stable Auroral Red Arcs (SAR arcs) captured from Hanle Dark Sky Reserve, UT Ladak.”

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Aurora lights witnessed in India 🇮🇳

Aurora lights were seen in Hanle, Ladakh, providing insight on incredible geomagnetic storm

Stable Auroral Red Arcs (SAR arcs) captured from Hanle Dark Sky Reserve, UT Ladakh, on 11.05.24 at 0100 hrs. It is a very rare phenomenon.#IADN pic.twitter.com/ZfYvw22OaV

— News IADN (@NewsIADN) May 11, 2024

The Science, Technology and Innovation in India shared a video on X displaying an aurora of dynamic patterns in the Hanle’s sky. “This is the biggest Geomagnetic storm since 2003 in terms of its strength as the flaring region on the Sun was as big as the historically important Carrington event that took place in 1859,” the handle wrote.

𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐀𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐋𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐤𝐡 𝐛𝐲 𝐈𝐈𝐀 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬!

An aurora is a natural display of dynamic patterns of brilliant lights in Earth's sky. Auroral activities occur due to the interaction between the Earth’s… pic.twitter.com/mhlMvXSVMK

— Science, Technology and Innovation in India (@PrinSciAdvOff) May 11, 2024

Meanwhile, Starlink, the satellite arm of Elon Musk’s SpaceX, warned on Saturday of a “degraded service” due to the geomagnetic storm that struck the Earth.

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