In many ski resorts, cameras from the Skaping company have captured the Northern Lights. Here on the heights of Alpe d'Huez, Wednesday January 1st, around 6 p.m.
France – The spectacle is still as breathtaking as ever. From the Loire to Corsica via the Alps, the French sky was illuminated with red, green and blue on Wednesday January 1, from 6 p.m., thanks to the appearance of the sublime Northern Lights.
« A geomagnetic storm of moderate to strong intensity could cause beautiful auroras for New Year's Eve, scientific mediator Astropierre announced the day before on his X account (formerly Twitter). Also called “ geomagnetic storm »this phenomenon is caused by the interactions between solar winds and the Earth's magnetic field, and is at the origin of the appearance of the Northern Lights on Earth.
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For us, Earthlings, the magnetic storm translates into explosions of color in the sky. As you can see in the Instagram post belowpublished by the Les Deux-Alpes winter sports resort, on the summits of the Écrins massif, the sky glowed red early Wednesday evening.
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The cameras of the Skaping company, which manages webcams in many winter sports resorts, also captured this moment on the heights of Alpe d'Huez.
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To the east of France, in Haut Jura, on the edge of the Swiss border, the geomagnetic storm offered an equally beautiful scene to the villagers of La Pesse.
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The phenomenon was also visible in Var, Doubs, Alpes-Maritimes, Loire and photos of the Northern Lights were also taken by residents in Corsica, as you can see in the series of tweets below.
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If the year 2025 begins under the best auspices, 2024 had already spoiled France in terms of the Northern Lights. Numerous magnetic storms have allowed us to witness this rare spectacle several times a year. And for good reason, the sun reached October 15, 2024, its “maximum activity phase” who could “continue for the next year”NASA explained on that date.
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