Late Season Aurora - Iceland - April 23rd, 2023

Late Season Aurora.

On April 21st, a M1.7 solar flare released an asymmetrical full halo coronal mass ejection (CME) which impacted our planet on April 23rd. A severe G4 geomagnetic storm (Kp8) was detected at 23:34 UTC and produced spectacular Auroras during the night. The northern lights have been spotted all over Canada and the US, as far south as California, Arizona and Texas panhandle.

Here in Iceland the sky is getting brighter and brighter every night, since we're approaching the summer solstice. The Aurora season is basically over, but that night we were able to enjoy one last beautiful show for this season, with these beautiful purple pillars dancing in the sky for almost an hour.

Here a timelapse taken that night.

Shot with Sony alpha 7III, Samyang 14mm f2.8 manual and DJI Ronin RS3 for the camera panning.

Video & Soundtrack © Marco Di Marco/Volcano Chaser
• Iceland - 23.04.2023