IN PICTURES. Impressive northern lights lit up the skies of France between this Thursday and Friday

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It was an event not to be missed. On the night of Thursday October 10 to Friday October 11, 2024, the Northern Lights lit up the skies of France and Europe. “Splendid”, “breathtaking”, but also “capricious”. So many adjectives that can characterize these northern lights, these kind of gigantic colored curtains.

After a huge solar flareWednesday October 9, 2024, the possibility of seeing them was great. “Clearly, [jeudi soir]it’s one of the days when we have the best chance of seeing them this year”, explained, toactu.frOlivier Katz, forecaster at Comea. And it was, here are some pictures.

Shows in the sky

In Caen and Cabourg (Calvados), the Northern Lights were very present, as reported by our local editorial staff The Pays d’Auge. “It was around 10 p.m. that their intensity was the strongest, with an impressive gradient going from green to purple, towards the north,” say our colleagues.

This phenomenon was also visible at the level of Audierne baythis portion of the coast of Finistère, bounded to the north by the Pointe du Raz and to the south by that of Penmarc’h.

Even here, in Maine-et-Loire, the auroras came into the sky, “around 10:30 p.m.,” reports our local news Le Mans.

Same thing, in Seine-Maritime, indicates 76 actu. “The spectacle was grandiose and some did not hesitate to stay up all night to see it,” says the newspaper. Next to Perpignan, as we are informed news Perpignanthe Northern Lights were visible in the mountains: “the spectacle was even more magical, as from Lake Bouillouses, at an altitude of 2,000 meters”.

Further south of France, in Loire-Atlantique, professional photographers managed to capture this moment. A purple sky, overlooking the city and its artificial lights.

Our local, news Nicealso reveals the images of this unforgettable evening. Just like news Côte-d’or.

Red, purple or even green. On social networks, images have multiplied all over France in recent hours.

Already last May, many French people had already observed this spectacle. This is only the second time that such intensity has been reached since 2005. The previous time therefore dates back to the famous May 10, 2024.

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