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Zeitliche Sichtung von diesem SAR-Bogen: 05. November 2023 / 18:43 UTC / Insel Rügen
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A few days ago I showed 2 photos here, which I initially titled as Northern Lights. Now I've done a lot of research on this and written to a few people. What can be seen here in the photo is not an aurora in the true sense, but a SAR (Stable Auroral Red arc). Hence the red tones in the photo. During the recording, this arc moved towards the west and was no longer visible due to the clouds. - This SAR soil usually forms in a development phase into a STEVE (Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement). This atmospheric phenomenon has only recently come into the focus of science. SAR and STEVE are high-atmosphere electrical phenomena that are much higher above the ground than the actual auroras. However, they are also generated by the interaction of the solar wind with the earth's magnetosphere. At the time of recording there were STEVE sightings in Scandinavia, Great Britain and beyond as far away as Austria. - However, this light phenomenon has not yet been fully researched. Measurements of parameters such as spectral composition, geomagnetic location, intensity range and frequency of occurrence lead to the conclusion that the phenomenon is due to the excitation of atomic oxygen by hot electrons in the plasmapause region. In other words, SAR arcs and STEVE phenomena are generated by extreme thermal and kinetic energy in the Earth's atmosphere. After another few minutes, this SAR arc becomes a STEVE with a thin, white-purple arc. In 2015, a SAR ground was examined that reached an emission height of around 425 kilometers. For comparison, the International Space Station orbits the Earth at an altitude of around 400 kilometers.