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Aurora in Mielno, May 2024

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On Thursday, 9 May 2024, NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center issued a G4 Geomagnetic Stormwatch. This was done for +the first time since January 2005. It was a result of activity of a complex sunspot cluster indicated as NOAA region +3664. Last G4 geomagnetic storm occurred on 23 March same year, while last G5 was in October 2003. +

On 10 and 11 May 2024, G5 storm conditions were reached and auroras were seen in latitudes that usually don't see +such activities. I live in a place where a decent G4 storm can cause aurora to be at least seen in the distance, so I +was hopeful... +

On the night from Friday, 10 May to Saturday, 11 May, most of the Polish coast was covered in a cozy stratus blanket. +

Luckily, Saturday night was clear. Unluckily, the activity died down to G3 and later G0 by the time it got dark +enough. Luckily, I am persistent and managed to get some photos despite that:

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Not the best shots out there, but this is my first time seeing aurora and I'm quite happy about it. +

Stormwatch persisted through the Sunday as another CMEs were expected to reach Earth. Sadly, the activity started +going up only after local midnight and having a working day on Monday I decided to not gamble. It was the correct +decision as it reached only G2 and a G3 warning persisted through to the Monday. +

Later that week the region 3664 rotated out of the view. +

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