Overview
- The aurora appeared Saturday evening, October 10, 2026, and was reported and photographed by residents in towns such as Eindhoven, Den Bosch, Rosmalen and Veghel.
- Meteorologists and a Weeronline spokesperson said the display was a photographic aurora, meaning cameras and long exposures picked up light that most people could not see unaided.
- Reports clustered in the southern Netherlands because clearer skies there let observers and cameras capture the glow while cloudier northern areas saw little or nothing.
- Aurora borealis occurs when charged particles from solar activity hit oxygen or nitrogen in the upper atmosphere, producing green or pink light depending on which gas they strike.
- The October sighting was far weaker than the bright, once-in-a-decade display seen on January 19, 2026, and mainly offered local photographers a chance to add new images rather than a broad naked-eye spectacle.