Auroras And Strange Light Phenomenon
Taken by Richard Sears on June 1, 2025 @
Ballico, California, USA
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Date Taken: 2025:06:02 17:59:35
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On June 1st, I was anticipating the arrival of the predicted G4-storm. Learning of the CME’s impact from the discovery spacecraft link here at spaceweather. I rushed out and took my position and started snapping photos every 10 seconds with a 5 sec. Exposure. After a few photos of nothing, suddenly the geomagnetic storm was intensify. The crescent moon was setting at the same time, giving me darker skies. Sadly though, the G4-storm was brief. Spectacular none the less. I started noticing bright light appearing and then fading as fast as they appeared. All heading in one direction, toward the storm. In the course of two hours, I seen around a hundred of these lights. I was mind blown with my heart racing with excitement over this phenomenon. Sadly I was witnessing this by myself. The bright lights appearing only in one vertical line in the sky. As the storm receded, they followed. I know one thing, they were bright at midnight as you can see by the light pollution given off by the structures in the foreground. They are only visible for about 20 seconds. I determine this by splicing two pictures together 10 seconds apart. As you can see in pictures #2, as the bottom second half streak was fading out, two were appearing. I took 300 photos and what a show. I don’t know what I witnessed. It would be nice to have an explanation. Not meteors, visible too long. Not aircraft, no strobe lights, didn’t transit the sky. Not satellites, too many of them at once, plus they didn’t transit the sky. What kind of satellites are visible from midnight until 3 in the morning? I posted a YT - link of a short I put together!
Photographer's website:
https://youtu.be/x7Qij92j0Xw?si=RoWJ3zNVTJLD6vFb
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