Overview
- Residents reported naked-eye sightings on Monday night across the Netherlands, including Brabant and the province of Utrecht.
- Weeronline received numerous reports from the middle and northern parts of the country as the sky lit up with auroral activity.
- Photographs captured vivid green and pink hues, with regional outlets sharing images such as an SQ Vision photo from Nuenen.
- The phenomenon extended to the Alps and even southern France, which Weeronline described as very exceptional for its southern reach.
- Meteorologists attributed the event to sunspot-driven eruptions that launched a cloud of electrically charged particles into the atmosphere that evening.