Aurora Timelapse over Italian Alps
Here, a red glow is visible from energetic electron and proton particles, generated by an X-class solar flare, striking oxygen atoms high in Earth's atmosphere. This video shows a one-hour timelapse, compressed to 9 seconds, as seen from the town of Cortina d'Ampezzo over Alps Mountain peaks in northern Italy. Stars from our Milky Way Galaxy dot the background while streaks from airplanes and satellites punctuate the foreground. The high recent activity of our Sun is likely to continue to produce picturesque auroras over Earth during the next year or so since the Sun has reached its solar maximum period of its current 11-year cycle.
Learn more here—"Sun Reaches Maximum Phase in 11-Year Solar Cycle":
https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/heliophysics/nasa-noaa-sun-reaches-maximum-phase-in-11-year-solar-cycle/
The Alps are one of the highest and most extensive mountain ranges in Europe, stretching approximately 1,200 km (750 mi) across eight Alpine countries (from west to east): Monaco, France, Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria and Slovenia.
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