Recent Auroras related to increased solar activity.

We generally don’t get a lot of aurora here in southwestern Wisconsin mainly due to our latitude, we are simply too far south. Aurora displays are usually reserved for the more extreme northern and southern latitudes. With the increase in solar activity and size of solar flares, the conditions are right for us at the lower latitudes to be able to see more aurora displays. In the last two years we have been treated several times to wonderful displays like the most recent one. I shot the first short time lapse on 10-10-24 on StarSplitter Hill after a program for River Ridge school. The second one I shot north of Prairie du Chien on 10-6-24. There have been several large solar storms in the last couple weeks causing these beautiful displays in the night sky. As we approach solar maximum, some time in ’25, I’m predicting there will be more awesome aurora displays.