‘It Was 360 Degrees’: Calgary Photographer Captures Auroras in All Directions as Solar Storms Herald ‘Pole Excursion’

Colours jump out at John Andersen when he points his camera skyward at night, and he sees the strong hues displayed in his aurora photos as a sign of a large, looming geomagnetic event that could soon hit Earth.
While aurora borealis are normally green and hard to spot within Calgary’s city limits, where Andersen lives and works as a geologist in the oil industry, he seeks darker rural views north of town. His photography displays pinks, purples, and yellows, indicating powerful magnetic disturbances.
“We’re going into what they call a magnetic pole excursion,” Anderson, 68, tells the Epoch Times. …