Uploaded March 2023 | Updated September 2026, 5 days ago
As observed in Midland MI. It was G3 througout this video, whis is naked eye spectacular, with goblins being thrown out of the main display and crossing the entire N-S horizon in 5 seconds. Considering these bogeymen are in the ionosphere, the actual speed must be incredible. My hypothesis is that the magnetic lines of force were so tortured and torn that a magnetic field gradient of great magnitude formed and the ionized atoms were ejected and followed this gradient. Best naked eye aurora I ever saw, covering nearly the entire sky with twisted and strange glowing images. Right as the clouds came in NOAA officially declared it a G4 storm based on magnetometer data but alas I stuck under total cloud cover. G5 is the highest storm strength by the way so G4 is rare and phenomenal.
However Kp/G is a average of the previouse three hours magnetometer data so I can factually say this was a video of a G4 storm.
Also note the diagonal tilt at times. This is due to tilting of the NS magnetic field of the earth caused by the enormous magnetic field carried by the plasma impact. Compass reading will change and GPS devices will be affected. Drone owners are wary of flying during a storm.
As observed in Midland MI. It was G3 througout this video, whis is naked eye spectacular, with goblins being thrown out of the main display and crossing the entire N-S horizon in 5 seconds. Considering these bogeymen are in the ionosphere, the actual speed must be incredible. My hypothesis is that the magnetic lines of force were so tortured and torn that a magnetic field gradient of great magnitude formed and the ionized atoms were ejected and followed this gradient. Best naked eye aurora I ever saw, covering nearly the entire sky with twisted and strange glowing images. Right as the clouds came in NOAA officially declared it a G4 storm based on magnetometer data but alas I stuck under total cloud cover. G5 is the highest storm strength by the way so G4 is rare and phenomenal.
However Kp/G is a average of the previouse three hours magnetometer data so I can factually say this was a video of a G4 storm.
Also note the diagonal tilt at times. This is due to tilting of the NS magnetic field of the earth caused by the enormous magnetic field carried by the plasma impact. Compass reading will change and GPS devices will be affected. Drone owners are wary of flying during a storm.
