Bright northern lights shimmered across the Washington sky. Take a look at the photos
The northern lights illuminated eastern and western Washington last night.
The bright light show resulted from a geomagnetic storm that went from late Monday night until Tuesday morning, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The storm is a result of a region on the sun exploding, which produced a solar flare, according to SpaceWeather.com.
Although the flare didn’t target Earth, the impacts of the geomagnetic storm were visible from northern latitudes in the form of an aurora.
More than a dozen U.S. states caught a glimpse of the shimmering lights, including Maine, Minnesota, Wisconsin, New York and Massachusetts.
Higher latitudes with a dark and clear sky are the best places to see the aurora, according to the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
Alaska also saw the sky glow green.
This story was originally published October 12, 2021 at 2:00 PM with the headline "Bright northern lights shimmered across the Washington sky. Take a look at the photos."
