Canada’s Sky Dazzled by Solar Phenomena

A spate of solar activity produced widespread auroras across Canada.

A flurry of solar activity in mid-December 2023 sent energized particles crashing into Earth’s magnetosphere, producing undulating auroras across northern latitudes of our planet. The VIIRS (Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite) on the NOAA–NASA Suomi NPP satellite captured this image of light from the aurora over western Canada in the early morning of December 17, 2023. The day-night band of VIIRS detects nighttime light in a range of…