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The Greatest Show on Earth

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 I am back to my blog after more than a year! Like the last post, this is also about Aurora Borealis.  What a show it was! There had been buzz in the social media last week about the gigantic solar storm. It was supposed to be one of the largest in last 24 years. Hence, everybody was expecting a major Aurora event. Then, Lady Aurora showed up on Friday (May 11, 2024) night. As we first looked outside at around 10:30 PM, we could see some light green and purple. As we were getting closer to the midnight, the colours started to intensify. At arounf midnight, the sky literally irrupted in multiple colours - green, yellow, pink, and gorgeous red! We observed the show from our window, backyard and the driveway from 10:30 PM - 12:45 AM and we didn't know how the time went by.  The great thing about this aurora was that it had been witnessed by the huge part of the Northern Hemisphere, in places like England (including the city of London), Wales, Scotland, Ireland, and even Lada...