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4. Has anyone seen photos?
Sun Jun 23, 2024, 05:31 AM
Jun 2024

It's odd, the subheadline says, "A camera captured the vast, diffuse glow produced ....", but the only photo I see is the stock photo of a "garden variety" aurora.

I've searched online, but haven't found any definite polar rain aurora photos. The caption on the photo for the National Geographic piece sounds like it might be for the recent event, but looking at the metadata and reverse image lookup on the picture makes me doubt it. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/aurora-sun-polar-rain-solar-wind-rare
(On edit: the caption clearly indicates that the photo is of a "common" Aurora Borealis , as opposed to the polar rain variety.)

I have found artist depictions of earlier events.

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