The aurora from the solar storm reached as far as Greece – The sky turned red

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The aurora from the solar storm reached as far as Greece – The sky turned red

Check out photos from Mount Paiko, Hortiatis, Halkidiki, Livadia, Evia, Penteli, Corfu, and Crete

Newsroom October 14 09:15

In several parts of Greece, the aurora caused by the solar storm that “hit” the Earth in the past few hours was captured from Thursday night into Friday.

Amateur photographers documented the sky turning red over Mount Paiko, Hortiatis, Halkidiki, Livadia, Evia, Penteli, Corfu, and Crete.

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