Odd aurora-like STEVE phenomenon captured by Michigan-based photographer

A sky photographer in Michigan got a surprise last night when he saw a ribbon of glowing stripes above his head.

The ribbon was caused by the phenomenon known as STEVE, a rare type of atmospheric glow similar to polar lights, which can be triggered when a stream of solarplasma interacts with Earth's atmosphere and magnetosphere.

STEVE, first described in 2016 by skywatchers in Canada, can occur farther away from the poles than an Aurora.

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It was the second time in seven years that Diener had seen the STEVE, and it was clear.

Diener told Space.com that it's not possible to predict when it's going to happen. It seems out of place.

Diener, who took up photography to help distract him from a chronic pain condition, had a prolific night on Monday when conventional auroras also showed up above Eagle Harbor.

Diener said he uses the same equipment and settings for his pictures of STEVE as he does for his pictures of the Aurora.

I use a small camera called the Xylean. Diener uses a 16mm lens. The ISO 800 is the setting I used on those STEVE pics.

According to Space Weather, the Aurora was seen from several regions in Canada and the U.S.

A burst of charged particles from the region of the sun's upper atmosphere known as the corona, released by the star on Friday, fed the currentAurora displays A moderate geomagnetic storm was triggered by the interaction of the material from the sun with Earth's magnetic field.

The U.K. space weather forecaster predicts that there will be more activity in the sky on Tuesday night.

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