Photos: Brown astronomer captures spectacular images of rare Northern Lights display in Rhode Island
May 13, 2024
May 13, 2024
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 13 -- Brown University issued the following news:
A late-night venture to Shippee Sawmill Pond for a rare Northern Hemisphere sighting of the aurora borealis resulted in stunning photos for Robert Horton, who manages Brown's Ladd Observatory.
The aurora borealis was visible from many parts of the Northern Hemisphere in mid-May, including from Shippee Sawmill Pond in Rhode Island, as an unusually powerful geomagnetic solar storm blasted Ea . . .
A late-night venture to Shippee Sawmill Pond for a rare Northern Hemisphere sighting of the aurora borealis resulted in stunning photos for Robert Horton, who manages Brown's Ladd Observatory.
The aurora borealis was visible from many parts of the Northern Hemisphere in mid-May, including from Shippee Sawmill Pond in Rhode Island, as an unusually powerful geomagnetic solar storm blasted Ea . . .