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Faint northern lights appear over Switzerland
Faint northern lights were visible in parts of Switzerland on Saturday evening.
Several MeteoSwiss webcams captured the lights, including one on the Torrent mountain near Leukerbad.
Meteorologist Daniel Gerstgrasser said they were weak but clearly visible.
Northern lights form when electrically charged particles from the Sun reach Earth.
The particles are guided by Earth’s magnetic field towards the poles, where they interact with oxygen and nitrogen in the atmosphere and produce light.
Strong solar activity can make the lights visible as far south as Switzerland.
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Faint northern lights were seen over parts of Switzerland on Saturday evening.
The lights were weak but clearly visible, meteorologist Daniel Gerstgrasser wrote on X.
The display was captured by several webcams operated by MeteoSwiss.
Northern lights form when electrically charged particles from the Sun interact with gases in Earth’s atmosphere.
They can be visible over Switzerland during periods of particularly high solar activity.
- Who
- Observers in Switzerland, including meteorologist Daniel Gerstgrasser, reported the northern lights.
- What
- Faint northern lights appeared in the night sky and were captured by webcams.
- When
- Saturday evening; the article was published on 11 October 2026.
- Where
- Over Switzerland, including in webcam footage from Torrent near Leukerbad.
- Why
- High solar activity sends charged particles toward Earth, where they interact with gases in the atmosphere.
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Die Lichter seien zwar schwach, aber eindeutig erkennbar gewesen
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- Visibility
- Weak but clearly recognizable
- Location
- Switzerland
- Webcam site
- Torrent near Leukerbad
- Webcam operator
- MeteoSwiss
- Cause
- Charged solar particles interacting with oxygen and nitrogen in the atmosphere
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