The night of Friday, May 10, was the first night for club members under the dark skies of Eagle Bluff after a long winter. To our surprise, it wasn’t even dark yet and already we saw something very special – the Northern Lights, and even in the south. A few minutes later, while it was still dusk, the International Space Station ISS passed over it, as documented by the smartphone image in the header. Unbelievable.
The auroral ring was deep in the south on the night of May 10-11. This is documented in one image from the VIIRS instrument (Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite) on the Suomi NPP satellite.
Credit: NASA