Aurora borealis in Poland. “Extraordinary things are happening.” In the evening, look at the sky

Last year ended exceptionally for astronomy lovers, and 2025 begins the same way. The aurora borealis on the night from Tuesday to Wednesday was visible, among others, in the southern part of the country, but it turns out that it was only a foretaste of what may await us this evening.

Karol Wójcicki, popularizer of astronomy and author of the profile “With your head in the stars”, writes on social media about “dream conditions for observing the bright aurora borealis”. He adds that it will probably be visible in most of Poland.

The best conditions for observing this phenomenon are outside cities and where we are not disturbed by artificial light.

“Extraordinary things are happening,” Wójcicki wrote on social media.

If you manage to observe the northern lights, send your photos to Kontakt24.

As Wójcicki reported earlier, exceptionally high activity has been observed on the Sun in recent days. Two coronal mass ejections occurred at a similar time. These are huge clouds of highly magnetized plasma, ejected at high speed into interplanetary space and touching the Earth's magnetosphere.

The aurora borealis is a light phenomenon that occurs when energized gas particles sent by the Sun hit the Earth's upper atmosphere at high speeds (up to 72 million kilometers per hour). The planet is protected from “attack” by its magnetic field. It redirects particles towards the north and south poles, and the particles interact with gases in our atmosphere.

The aurora occurs mainly in the region of the North and South Poles. Scientific name aurora borealis this aurora borealis (near the North Pole) i aurora australis (near the South Pole). It comes from the name of the Roman goddess of the dawn, Aurora.