Our world in photos: September 13

September 13, 2024
Brooklyn Eagle Staff

NEW HAMPSHIRE — Northern lights trickery, like a strange and beautiful dawn: Flares of northern lights color the sky over the White Mountains just after midnight, Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, as viewed from a mountaintop in Chatham, N.H. Lights on the summit of Mount Washington can be seen on the ridgeline at left. Experts said that solar storms were causing the auroras, which could also be seen across the northern U.S. from Alaska and Montana to Minnesota, reported the Associated Press.

However, the experts also assured Americans that the solar storm was not expected to significantly disrupt power grids or communications.

KENTUCKY — Synchronized flying: U.S. Navy Blue Angels pilots make a close pass while flying their F/A-18 Super Hornets over the Ohio River, Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024, in Owensboro, KY, during a practice for their upcoming weekend performance during the Owensboro Air Show. Now in its second decade, the three-day event’s performers showcase vintage warbirds, aerobatic demonstrations, and military jets, including the U.S. Navy Blue Angels pictured here. According to the air show’s website, it began in 2012 to celebrate the grand opening of the newly revitalized Smothers Park Riverfront in downtown Owensboro, just across the Ohio River from southern Indiana. The Owensboro Air Show has grown into a signature community event, showcasing the best military jet teams and civilian performers in the world.

Some of the paid attractions include rides in a World War II-era heavy bomber aircraft called the Flying Fortress.

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris takes a selfie with Sen. John Letterman, D-Pa., and his wife Gisele Barreto Fetterman, after Harris arrived at John Murtha Johnstown-Cambria Airport, in Johnstown, Pa., for a campaign event, Friday, Sept. 13, 2024. Photo: Jacquelyn Martin/AP

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris during a campaign rally at Bojangles Coliseum, in Charlotte, N.C., Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024. Photo: Jacquelyn Martin/AP

Supporters look on as Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris arrives at a campaign event, Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024, in Greensboro, N.C. Photo: Matt Kelley/AP

The audience listens to Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speak during a campaign rally at Bojangles Coliseum, in Charlotte, N.C., Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024. Photo: Jacquelyn Martin/AP

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris arrives to speak at a campaign rally at Bojangles Coliseum, in Charlotte, N.C., Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024. Photo: Jacquelyn Martin/AP

NORTH CAROLINA — ‘America … you are the wind beneath my wings’: Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign event in Charlotte, NC, Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024. During Harris’ visit to Charlotte’s Bojangles Coliseum, which attracted thousands, she reiterated points from her debate with current GOP nominee Donald Trump, focusing on abortion and women’s health rights, immigration and boosting the middle class, reported the Charlotte Observer on Friday.

Vice President Harris’ visits to Charlotte and Greensboro, in that state’s Piedmont Triad region, were part of her post-debate “New Way Forward Tour.” She plans to campaign this weekend in swing states alongside her running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.

SEATTLE — Voting — a practice of voice: The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers’ members count votes on a contract offer by airplane maker Boeing on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024, in Seattle. However, the union members voted 96% to strike, which they did just after midnight/early Friday. The Machinists’ 94.6% vote to reject Boeing’s contract is the latest in a series of blows to the aerospace giant, which has suffered financial losses and a tarnishment of its safety reputation after its planes developed serious problems earlier this year, including one where a doorstop blew out during takeoff.

The contract would have given 25% wage increases over four years, but the machinists are angry about wages that had stagnated in recent years and about concessions they had to make to keep Boeing in their city.

GRAND RAPIDS — Arms wide open for America: Democratic vice presidential candidate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks during a campaign event, Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024, in Grand Rapids, MI. Walz made his first solo campaign stop in the western Michigan City as part of the Democratic candidates’ “New Way Forward” battleground tour, which was also scheduled to include a stop by Walz in Wisconsin on Friday, according to 13 On Your Side, the ABC network affiliate in Grand Rapids.

Taking stabs at GOP candidate Donald Trump’s performance at a debate two days earlier, Gov. Walz pointed to unions as a key to boosting the economy.

ST. PETERSBURG — A tricentennial procession: Orthodox believers carry icons as they take part in a procession along Nevsky Prospect to mark the 300-year anniversary of the Alexander Nevsky Monastery in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024. Russian Orthodox faithful commemorate this date in 1724, when Russian Tsar Peter The Great transferred the relics of Prince Alexander Nevsky, who is considered an Orthodox saint, from the town of Vladimir to St. Petersburg, the new capital of Russia. Nevsky, who lived during the 13th century, was also a prince of the Novgorodians.

A travel website for St. Petersburg points out that the monastery’s designer was Italian architect Domenico Trezzini.

SAN MARCOS — Avoiding obstacles like a pro: Texas State wide receiver Joey Hobert (10) leaps over Arizona State defensive back Myles Rowser (4) during the second half of an NCAA college football game in San Marcos, Texas, Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024. The Arizona State Sun Devils won 31-28 over the Texas State Bobcats.

Arizona State is 3-0 heading into the program’s first Big 12 game next week at Texas Tech, the Associated Press reports.

VIRGINIA — Sunshine fans for a sunny game: Fans are seen during a Solheim Cup golf tournament foursomes match at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club, Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, in Gainesville, VA. The Solheim Cup is a biennial, transatlantic golf tournament for professional women golfers. Participants are the 12 best European players from the Ladies European Tour (LET) and the 12 best U.S. players from the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Tour, according to the tournament’s website.

The tournament, which was established in 1990, is named after the Norwegian-American golf club manufacturer Karsten Solheim.