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Intense auroral activity seen at Hanle and Merak in Ladakh

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Intense auroral activity was captured by cameras at our Indian Astronomical Observatory in Hanle and Merak in Ladakh on the night of 10-11 May, caused by intense geomagnetic storms arising from Coronal Mass Ejections from the Sun impacting the Earth. Strong aurorae were predicted to occur, and were indeed seen from across the globe at much lower latitudes than usual.

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