STORY: A colourful aurora illuminated the sky over Rovaniemi in Finnish Lapland on Saturday night (October 10).

The aurora over Rovaniemi, on the Arctic Circle in Finnish Lapland, was captured by a local photographer, who said the display was the strongest since a similar geomagnetic storm in January 2026.

Auroras were spotted as far south as Italy, Corsica and Ukraine, while in Rovaniemi on Finland's Arctic Circle, the skies remained illuminated for hours. The display intensified three times, with vivid green and red auroras clearly visible to the naked eye.

More auroras could be visible over the coming nights, as another coronal mass ejection is expected to reach Earth.

DESCRIPCIÓN DE IMÁGENES

SHOWS: ROVANIEMI, FINLAND (OCTOBER 10, 2026) (ALEXANDER KUZNETSOV - Must on-screen credit 'Alexander Kuznetsov')

1. NORTHERN LIGHTS IN SKY (SHOTS ACCELERATED)

2. PEOPLE LOOKING AT NORTHERN LIGHTS / TAKING PICTURES WITH THEIR PHONES

3. VARIOUS OF NORTHERN LIGHTS IN SKY (SHOTS ACCELERATED)

4. PEOPLE LOOKING AT NORTHERN LIGHTS

5. NORTHERN LIGHTS IN SKY WITH TREES IN FOREGROUND (SHOT ACCELERATED)

6. NORTHERN LIGHTS WITH TREES AND LAKE IN FOREGROUND (SHOTS ACCELERATED)

7. (MUTE) STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF NORTHERN LIGHTS IN SKY WITH TREES AND LAKE IN FOREGROUND

8. (MUTE) STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF NORTHERN LIGHTS IN SKY

9. (MUTE) STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF NORTHERN LIGHTS IN THE SKY WITH TREES IN THE FOREGROUND

10. (MUTE) VARIOUS STILL PHOTOGRAPHS OF NORTHERN LIGHTS IN SKY WITH TREES AND LAKE IN FOREGROUND

11. (MUTE) STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF NORTHERN LIGHTS IN SKY WITH TREES AND LAKE IN FOREGROUND / PEOPLE TAKING PICTURE

12. (MUTE) STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF NORTHERN LIGHTS IN THE SKY WITH TREES IN THE FOREGROUND

13. (MUTE) STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF NORTHERN LIGHTS IN SKY WITH TREES AND LAKE IN FOREGROUND / PEOPLE LOOKING AT NORTHERN LIGHTS CARRYING LIGHT