Overview

• Reports described widespread visibility on the night of October 18–19 from the Mecklenburger Seenplatte and Baltic coast to Schleswig-Holstein and as far as Brandenburg.
• Observers noted glowing curtains in shades of green, red and yellow under clear, calm autumn skies.
• The display followed a recent coronal mass ejection that strengthened the solar wind and disturbed Earth's magnetic field.
• Viewers hoping for further displays are advised to choose dark locations and use long-exposure photography to capture the colors.
• Similar auroras were recorded in parts of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Schleswig-Holstein at the end of September.