Northern lights make a rare appearance in Ladakh. Watch | Trending

Ladakh is known for its beauty of mountainous regions, valleys, lakes, and so much more. And now, another stunning view has been added to this l. In an extremely rare occurrence, the northern lights lit up the skies of Ladakh. Yes, you read that right.

Northern lights in Ladakh.(Twitter/@Indian Institute of Astrophysics )

Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) shared a video where they recorded this phenomenon in Ladakh. In a tweet, they shared, “#Aurora from #Ladakh! This is a time-lapse of the sky taken a 360 deg camera at #Hanle on 22/23 April night. You can see the aurora lights due to an intense geomagnetic storm that hit the Earth. It is extremely rare to see aurora at such a low latitude!”
As per Wageesh Mishra, Assant Professor at IIA, “At 11:42 PM on April 21, the Sun launched a coronal mass ejection towards the Earth. This CME (speed of 500-600 km/s) was associated with an M1 class solar flare. The CME arrived at Earth late on April 23 at 10 PM. This geoeffective CME led to an excellent night for auroral activity. The aurora came to lower-than-usual latitudes overnight, leading to rare sightings from Europe, China & Ladakh in India. Such a severe geomagnetic storm last occurred in 2015.”
Watch the video below:

This post was shared just a few days ago. Since being shared, it has been viewed over 26,000 times. The post has also garnered more than 500 likes and several comments.Check out a few reactions below:An individual wrote, “Wow, this is truly amazing! Witnessing the lights is already a once-in-a-lifetime experience, but to see them in such a low latitude is simply mind-blowing! Thanks for sharing this magnificent view of the sky with us!” A second shared, “Wowww, so beautiful.” A third posted, “Yes, it is a rare event. It’s amazing it was visible from Ladakh.”