it is Highly unusual for Belarus, the phenomenon of the Northern lights could be seen at night from 17 to 18 March. This is for residents of Reykjavik in some seasons heavenly glow is the same obidenim as for us - just the starry sky. And 20 kilometers from Minsk to see such a phenomenon is almost a miracle. Correspondents Onliner.by went in pursuit of the the result of a strong solar storm that occurred yesterday and caused the lights in Belarus, Russia, Poland and other countries.

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Very unusual for Belarus, the phenomenon of the Northern lights could be seen at night from 17 to 18 March. This is for residents of Reykjavik in some seasons heavenly glow is the same obidenim as for us - just the starry sky. And 20 kilometers from Minsk to see such a phenomenon is almost a miracle. Correspondents Onliner.by went in pursuit of the the result of a strong solar storm that occurred yesterday and caused the lights in Belarus, Russia, Poland and other countries.

Immediately, it is important to note that to see this picture that you see in the photo, in person is impossible. All pictures are taken with a very slow shutter speeds. Your eyes are not able to (and the mobile phone's camera). What could contemplate without equipment? A slight glow in the sky that you wouldn't even notice if I didn't know that "somewhere there's something unusual". From glow over the city (from the lights) Northern lights is characterized by its heterogeneity and bright lines that appear and then disappear.

Most often, the Aurora Borealis occurs in the high latitudes. This phenomenon - the glow of the upper atmosphere of the Earth resulting from the interaction with the charged particles of the solar wind. After almost every solar storms residents of Iceland, Norway and other Northern countries can watch the lights. The bigger the storm, the brighter glow of the atmosphere. Sometimes "dospecial" up to us.