Strong solar storm

Beautiful auroras over Austria!

Northern lights over Steinbach am Attersee(Bild: Kronen Zeitung/Robert Loy)

This weekend, six striking solar flares caused what was probably the strongest solar storm in years. As a result, auroras will be visible as far as the Alpine region and thus also in Austria.

Numerous images were already shared on social media on Saturday night.

Here is a selection of some of the posts on X (formerly Twitter):

When so-called solar storms reach Earth, particles thrown into space by explosions on the sun can also cause disruption to communication systems.

NASA's SDA spacecraft recorded this powerful solar flare - the bright flash in the image on the right - on Thursday.(Bild: NASA/SDA/AIA)

However, due to the interaction with the Earth's magnetic field, these electrically charged particles of the solar wind mainly cause a significant increase in light activity in the night sky.

You can find more pictures here on krone.at at the weekend!