The sun ejected a few CMEs the Earth’s way last week and the first hit our planet on Friday and continued throughout the weekend.  Since it was clear, I took Brandon hunting for auroras and it was an amazing experience to s hare with him, to say we were successful is an understatement!

The first photo is of the sun, the suns pots on the right side of the picture, that’s where the storm erupted from.  Friday night the Kp index which gives you a rough idea at how significant the storm was at max, Kp9 and rated as a G5 geomagnetic storm (analogues to hurricane category ratings) and the auroras were so bright, you could see the greens, reds and purple colours with the naked eye!  Each photo is either a 2 or 4 second picture, absolutely wonderful!

Unfortunately Maggie had a badminton game early Saturday morning so she didn’t come with but yeah I was able to share this wonderful experience with the boy. 🙂

Obviously the last two photos have nothing to do with the auroras, that’s actually from a few weeks ago when we went to take pictures of the solar eclipse that came through, also shared that event with Brandon.  Definitely feel very fortunate that I can share these types of things with my boy and I hope that he remembers them forever! 🙂