
Aurora from the flight deck, Taken by Matt Melnyk on September 1, 2025 @ Northern Ontario & Hudson Bay
SPACEWEATHER.COM NEWS: 09/02/2025 UPDATED
CME IMPACT SPARKS WIDESPREAD AURORAS: As predicted, a CME struck Earth’s magnetic field on Sept. 1st (2100 UTC). The impact was abrupt and strong, bringing solar winds faster than 600 km/s (1.3 million mph), and a G2-class geomagnetic storm. Pilot Matt Melnyk photographed the auroras from the cockpit of a Dreamliner flying over Canada’s Hudson Bay


