PHOTO: The heavens, as a canvas

May 15, 2024 1:30 am
Photo by Keith Thorpe/Olympic Peninsula News Group The aurora borealis, also known as the Northern Lights, illuminate the sky on Friday night into Saturday morning (May 10-11) at Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park south of Port Angeles. A G5 magnetic storm created conditions for the aurora to be visible to large portions of North America, including hundreds of people who ventured to the ridge to watch the geomagnetic spectacle. Space weather forecasters for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have left open the chance of additional auroras for the next several days based upon recent solar activity.
Photo by Keith Thorpe/Olympic Peninsula News Group The aurora borealis, also known as the Northern Lights, illuminate the sky on Friday night into Saturday morning (May 10-11) at Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park south of Port Angeles. A G5 magnetic storm created conditions for the aurora to be visible to large portions of North America, including hundreds of people who ventured to the ridge to watch the geomagnetic spectacle. Space weather forecasters for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have left open the chance of additional auroras for the next several days based upon recent solar activity.

Sequim resident David Updike caught this image of this past weekend’s solar storm-induced auroras over Sequim, viewed from Mount Zion.

Photo by Keith Thorpe/Olympic Peninsula News Group

The aurora borealis, also known as the Northern Lights, illuminate the sky on Friday night into Saturday morning (May 10-11) at Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park south of Port Angeles. A G5 magnetic storm created conditions for the aurora to be visible to large portions of North America, including hundreds of people who ventured to the ridge to watch the geomagnetic spectacle. Space weather forecasters for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have left open the chance of additional auroras for the next several days based upon recent solar activity.