2023-11-05 19:47:34
Published5. November 2023, 8:47 p.m
Weather phenomenon: Northern lights over Switzerland – this is how you can see them
A true natural spectacle takes place in the Swiss sky on Monday night. To experience it, you just have to look in the right direction.
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Trogen AR: The picture was taken at 6:20 p.m.
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In Rothenburg LU the sky appeared reddish. “Never seen it before,” writes the news scout.
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The northern lights from Seetalhorn 2,870 m above sea level. photographed in Grächen VS. The spectacle was witnessed around 6:40 p.m.
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That’s what it’s regarding
Northern lights can currently be seen over Switzerland.
News scouts observe the natural spectacle.
The northern lights are triggered by a strong solar storm.
After a stormy night on Sunday, on which hurricane gusts of up to 144 km/h were measured on the mountains and Jura heights, there is now a good reason to go outside and look at the sky: what is currently happening over Switzerland a natural spectacle that you rarely see. As SRF Meteo reports, the northern lights were spotted shortly following 6 p.m. Numerous news scouts also photographed a red shimmer in the sky, for example in Eigenthal LU and in Grächen VS.
The trigger is a strong solar storm. Northern lights occur when electrically charged particles from the solar wind excite oxygen and nitrogen atoms, which release energy in the red, green or violet color spectrums.
Actually, the northern lights can only be seen in the north, thousands of kilometers away. But as the Austrian meteorologist Nikolas Zimmermann explains to the news portal “Heute”, in this case it is the northern lights that are currently visible as far as the Alps.
If you want to see the spectacular natural event, you need a clear view to the north and the darkest possible environment on Monday night. The intensity might even increase in the coming hours, says ORF meteorologist Manuel Oberhuber.
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