Sun news for October 11, 2026. Aurora through the clouds. An all-sky camera at the Geophysical Institute in Fairbanks, Alaska, caught the northern lights early on October 11, from 2:08 to 2:27 a.m. local time (10:08 to 10:27 UTC). The fisheye lens takes in the whole sky dome. Despite patchy clouds, a diffuse green aurora glows throughout. Then, between about 10:18 and 10:24 UTC, brighter green ribbons and patches flare up and drift across the sky. The display followed yesterday's G3 (strong) geomagnetic storm, sparked when the CME from AR4549's M6.7 flare slammed into Earth. Image via Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks.

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