The sky of Casar, in Cáceres, has experienced an exceptional phenomenon in the last few hours. The photographer from Extremadura Lorenzo Cordero managed to capture an aurora borealis in it, which has won the title of NASA’s ‘astronomical image of the day’. A most special event in our country.
The author of the image himself has been in charge of sharing the news on social networks, revealing: “NASA chooses my photograph of the northern lights taken from Casar de Cáceres (Extremadura), as the image of the day. I was accompanied by Jorge Gom Ga, As a good friend and nurse, he was aware of my foot, since it is not in the best condition. He was also lucky enough to be able to photograph it.”
The incredible image is accompanied by an explanation, which states that “many people who do not live in the far north of the Earth have seen auroras during the last two nights. Reports of auroras came not only from places in the north of the US, such as Alaska, but also south to Texas and Arizona. A huge auroral oval stretched over Europe and Asia as well.”
The photograph taken on April 23 by Lorenzo Cordero is most unique, since in it you can see “an impressive red aurora that was captured last night near the city of Cáceres in central Spain.” As NASA has indicated, this phenomenon is the result of a strong Coronal Mass Event (CME) that occurred on the Sun a few days ago, causing CME particles to cross the inner Solar System before collapsing with our planet’s magnetosphere. .
Likewise, NASA notes that “from there, the electrons and protons spiraled down Earth’s northern magnetic field lines and collided with oxygen and nitrogen in the atmosphere, causing picturesque auroral glows. Our unusually active Sun may provide future opportunities to view the Northern Lights in southern skies.”
Despite the fact that the population has been surprised by this phenomenon in our country, the truth is that in the coming years the sun will be more active, increasing the frequency of solar storms and holes in the magnetosphere. Therefore, we will witness more intense and more frequent auroras.
