Residents of Salekhard and Arkhangelsk noticed the northern lights in the sky above the city
Residents of Salekhard noticed and filmed the northern lights in the sky above the city. This is reported in Telegram-channel of the government of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug “Yamal. Officially”.
The posted image from the Russian regional capital shows a thin red-green plume visible against a background of stars. In the comments to the officials’ post, residents of the region also posted their photographs of the rare natural phenomenon.
Just like reports portal KP.RU, the northern lights were seen in St. Petersburg, Ufa, Kirov, Norilsk, Arkhangelsk region and even in Kaliningrad.
The Northern Lights are one of the most famous natural phenomena in the Arctic, and hunting for them is a popular pastime for visitors to the region. For example, in the Murmansk region, the northern lights can be seen from late August to mid-April.
Bright flashes of different colors in the sky appear due to the fact that charged particles from the solar wind penetrate the upper atmosphere. At the same time, the sky glows most powerfully at the Earth’s poles, which is why tourists go to the Arctic to observe the northern lights
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