{"id":59185,"date":"2024-05-13T21:21:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T21:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/?p=59185"},"modified":"2024-05-14T17:21:54","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T17:21:54","slug":"image-archive-of-the-historic-may-11th-geomagnetic-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/59185","title":{"rendered":"Image Archive of the Historic May 11th Geomagnetic Storm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Thousands if not millions of people took colorful photos of the Northern Lights during the early hours of May 11th during a remarkable   G5 geomagnetic storm that expanded Aurora Borealis activity southward to unusually low latitudes in the United States. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The JPSS fleet of polar-orbiting spacecraft captured eight monochromatic VIIRS Day Night Band images over North America documenting the historic space weather event from a satellite perspective, archived here for posterity and future research. <em><font size =\"small\">(click on each individual image to see the full resolution version)<\/font> <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>NOAA-20 Day Night Band Images<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/05\/noaa20_viirs_dynamic_dnb_20240511_1022.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"650\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/05\/noaa20_viirs_dynamic_dnb_20240511_1022-1024x650.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-59186\" style=\"width:364px;height:auto\" 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https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/05\/npp_viirs_dynamic_dnb_20240511_063-300x287.png 300w, https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/05\/npp_viirs_dynamic_dnb_20240511_063-768x735.png 768w, https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/05\/npp_viirs_dynamic_dnb_20240511_063-1536x1470.png 1536w, https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/05\/npp_viirs_dynamic_dnb_20240511_063-2048x1960.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>NOAA-21 Day Night Band Images<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a 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