Northern lights delight as 'cannibal' solar storm triggers auroras across US and Canada (photos)

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Northern lights delight as 'cannibal' solar storm triggers auroras across US and Canada (photos)
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Over two days the sun launched a barrage of coronal mass ejections — expulsions of plasma and magnetic field — toward Earth.

"This shows what a mess #SpaceWeather forecasters are going through trying to model this extensive train of storms," Skov wrote in a post on X. At first, Marie wasn't too sure there would be much to see but to her delight, the auroras but on a colorful show. "Western Pennsylvania had a very subtle yet colorful aurora display during the G3 Geomagnetic Storm," SunshineNate told space.com in an email. captured this dramatic image on July 30 at 2:58 a.m. MST 18 miles north of Calgary, Canada. The scene shows a green aurora display dancing overhead while a meteor streaks through the star-studded sky.

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