Northern Lights | Northern lights visible in Catalonia due to “severe” geomagnetic storm

Is it possible to see the northern lights in Catalonia? This weekend yes. The United States Space Weather Prediction Center (NOAA) has declared an alert for a severe geomagnetic storm (level 4/5) that will affect the entire Earth starting this Friday and through the weekend. And this first images Starting this Friday night, where The northern lights have been observed from Catalonia and various points in Europe.

is one of them Prades Astronomical Park (Tarragona), who shares from his social networks a video where you can see the northern lights. “We had never seen it with the naked eye before,” says the astronomical park. In addition, they have also been observed from other points in the Pyrenees, where light pollution is much less.

But Catalonia is not the only region where the northern lights have been seen. Many European countries like Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Netherlands, Czech Republic, France and Ukraine are also able to observe them. The vast majority have red and pink hues which become more pronounced when the landscape is less bright and further north. But this phenomenon is very surprising as it occurs in remote areas of the south such as Mallorca, Teruel or even the Valencian Community.

When can we see them again?

If you are reading the news this Friday, You’ll still have the opportunity to see the Northern Lights for two more nights, According to NOAA, the time when the storm will be at its strongest will be this Friday night into Sunday morning, becoming especially intense in the late hours of this Saturday.