Northern Lights Go South: Geomagnetic Storm Lights U.S. Skies with Auroral Display
Aurorae were visible Monday across the U.S. Midwest and into the Deep South
Northern Lights Go South: Geomagnetic Storm Lights U.S. Skies with Auroral Display
- HOUSE LIGHTS: Phil Dubois snapped this photo outside Fort Kent, Maine, near the Canadian border. "The northern lights are not usually visible here," Dubois says. "We usually only see them maybe once a year if we are lucky, and nothing as intense as the show last night." Phil Dubois/Flickr via Creative Commons license
- GHOSTLY GREEN: Gerry Buckel photographed the green glow of Monday's aurora over the Michigan horizon. "The northern lights were visible over Fostoria, Mich., for the first time in years," Buckel wrote on Flickr. "I had forgotten how beautiful they were 'til tonight." Gerrybuckel/Flickr via Creative Commons license
- BRIGHT LIGHTS, SMALL CITY: The northern lights may have been visible all the way to the southern U.S., but they were downright spectacular at higher latitudes. Kevin Dempsey of Ojibway Nation of Saugeen, a small community in northern Ontario, snapped this vibrant photo of Monday's aurora. "I'm not all that far north, but far enough that I get a few good shows a year," Dempsey says. © Kevin Dempsey. Used with permission
- AURORAL ARKANSAS: Storm chaser Brian Emfinger caught an unbelievable auroral show in Ozark, Ark. He even made a time-lapse movie of the phenomenon, although encountering the northern lights in the South understandably took him out of his photographic comfort zone. "I had lots of problems with the auroras being overexposed," Emfinger wrote on his Web site. "I obviously haven't had a lot of practice!" © Brian Emfinger. Used with permission
