Southern Manitoba sees one of the most stunning displays of Aurora Borealis. Check out details

The night of September 3 was a remarkable one for the people of Southern Manitoba as the residents were fortunate to witness one of the most stunning displays of Aurora Borealis. The visual treat has made a permanent house in residents' memory. Aurora Borealis is also referred to as Northern Lights.

All the residents of Southern Manitoba expressed the same feeling on September 4. They said that they had not seen such a display of Northern Lights before.
Many people, who were fortunate to witness the once-in-a-lifetime event, captured the natural wonder on their cameras and posted it on their social media accounts. Soon, social media also got flooded with pictures of the event, which was a mesmerizing display of green and yellowish lights. The event was visible on September 3 night as well as on September 4 early morning.


There is a scientific reason why the event of the Northern Lights occurs.

Although the event is a visual treat, Aurora Borealis is an outcome of a violent process.

According to scientists, the magnificent show of lights takes place owing to a coronal hole in the atmosphere of the Sun. This coronal hole creates a gap in the Sun's magnetic field, which allows more Solar wind to escape from the corona of the Sun. It, ultimately, leads to a situation where more charged particles hit the atmosphere of the Earth.

It is this hitting of charged particles on the atmosphere of the Earth that causes a visual event named Northern Lights. The more charged particles hit Earth's atmosphere, the more mesmerizing the visual event will be.

Interestingly, these charged particles hit the upper atmosphere of the Earth with a speed of up to 72 million kmph, according to the science website Space. However, Earth's magnetic field protects us from the devastating effect of these particles, added Space.