According to forecasts, there's a 60% chance that the aurora borealis will be observable on the night to Friday as well.
The northern lights are often called kāvi in Latvian, a word related to kaut - slay - or kauties - to fight. Superstition has it that red northern lights are either dead soldiers fighting across the arch of the sky, or a sign that war is to come.
Users on Twitter shared their photos of the kāvi:
Zummm!!! #ziemeļblāzma pic.twitter.com/QloxSg5nAz
— shauttra (@radosi_lv) October 7, 2015
Ko tik neredz pusnaktī :) #Ziemeļblāzma #aurora #northenlights #Nikon #D750 #longexposure pic.twitter.com/aD52cae7KO
— Aivars (@Auninjsh) October 7, 2015
Vienu brīdi debesīs bija iespaidīgi ziemeļblāzmas gaismas stari, šķita, ka tur milži cīnās ar gaismas zobeniem. pic.twitter.com/0104OlLFPa
— Ilgonis Vilks (@astrovilks) October 7, 2015
Tie tik bija KĀVI! Ziemeļblāzma Carnikavā, 7. oktobra vakarā. pic.twitter.com/mJ0t8KzNiL
— Ivo Dinsbergs (@orkaans) October 7, 2015
@liepajalv Ziemeļblāzma ir klāt https://t.co/5ufTF2Chga … , @METEOROLOGS_ pic.twitter.com/R4SQjMgfNy
— Edgars Pohevičs (@EdgarsFoto) October 7, 2015
