Incredible pictures are coming in from around the world.
There are many days I am thankful to be living closer to the equator. Yesterday was not one of them.Washington Post, Sunday’s showing of the northern lights may have been one of the most widespread displays since 2003
. The aurora borealis, created as energized particles from the sun slam into the Earth’s atmosphere , usually are only seen in the Arctic and Antarctic regions. That’s because the magnetic field redirects the energy to the poles. Sometimes, however, if a “geomagnetic storm” occurs, then the lights can be seen at mid-latitudes. Yesterday was one of those days.
NOAA put out the alert that a G4 magnetic storm was affecting Earth on Sunday, thanks to a coronal mass ejection. These kinds of storms can result in “widespread voltage control problems,” according to the National Weather Service. It can also affect low-Earth orbiting satellites. But most notably, it creates a brilliant multi-colored light display that dances across the sky. As it occurred Sunday night, reports of incredible shows of the northern lights began to pour in.
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