Also Read: Northern Lights Visible in India? Aurora borealis may glitter tonight in this state The image was later deleted by the Reddit user. The aurora lights are generally visible near the poles of both the northern and southern hemispheres. When the lights are witnessed in locations near the North Pole, they are called aurora borealis, and when they are visible in the South they are called aurora australis.
However, it is very difficult to locate these lights in the southern part of the Indian peninsula. The edited image received a myriad of responses on social media. Also Read: Northern Lights: Why do we get auroras on Earth after eruptions occur on Sun? NASA says THIS “Adipurush VFX deleted scene," commented a Reddit user on the post.
“Best I’ve seen until now," wrote another user. “Haters gonna say it's fake," “You are in the South. It's Southern Lights," pointed out another Reddit user.
Also Read: Northern lights seen across Europe! Strongest solar storm in 20 years brings auroras. See spectacular photos Another user jokingly wrote, “The intricate interaction of the sun's stream of charged particles colliding with oxygen and nitrogen atoms in the earth's magnetosphere at different altitudes leading to the emergence of colours along the auroral ovals is exquisitely captured in this picture." “Oh, you're a regular Davinchi with Photoshop, aren't you," asked a Reddit user. Taking the joke to another level, a Reddit user wrote, “It's a rainbow, stop fooling people." Several other users declared the person sharing the post as ‘Photoshop king’.
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