Auroras Taken by Ray Majoran on September 14, 2025 @ London, Ontario, Canada
Solar winds blowing faster than 700 km/s (1.6 million mph)
SPACEWEATHER.COM NEWS: 09/16/2025
THE SUN IS BLOWING A GALE: Earth is inside a stream of solar wind blowing faster than 700 km/s (1.6 million mph). The gale is blowing from a large butterfly-shaped hole in the sun’s atmosphere–and it’s potent. First contact with the stream on Sept. 14th sparked auroras in more than a dozen US states from Alaska to Arizona. (Here’s a nice video from Colorado.)
“Let’s talk about last night,” says Ray Majoran of London, Ontario. “I certainly wasn’t expecting that!” Here is what he saw in the countryside 20 minutes north of London:
