Fierce Solar Storm Pelts Earth, Creating Extremely Rare Pink Aurora Borealis

The hole in the magnetosphere closed about 6 hours after it first opened. During this time, a strange ribbon of blue light also emerged in the skies above Lake Tornetrask in Sweden, where it hung motionless in the sky for around 30 minutes, according to Spaceweather.com. It was captured by photographer Claudio Comi, who works for another tour operator in Swedish Lapland.

However, experts are unsure if the unusual blue ribbon was a never-before-seen kind of aurora caused by the opening in the magnetosphere, or if it was the result of something else. One expert suggested that it could have been made up of frozen fuel from a Russian rocket, but, according to Spaceweather.com, no rockets were spotted in the area during that day.