A powerful solar storm put on an amazing skyward light show across the globe overnight but has caused what appeared to be only minor disruptions to the electric power grid, communications and satel…
People contemplate the Aurora Borealis also known as Northern Lights visible from Vasco Road in Livermore, Calif., on Friday, May 10, 2024. A powerful solar storm put on an amazing skyward light show across the globe overnight but has caused what appeared to be only minor disruptions to the electric power grid, communications and satellite positioning systems.
The aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights, glow on the horizon at St. Mary’s Lighthouse in Whitley Bay on the North East coast, England, Friday, May 10, 2024. LATOURELL, OREGON – MAY 11: The Northern Lights are seen above the Columbia River Gorge from Chanticleer Point Lookout in the early morning hours of May 11, 2024 in Latourell, Oregon. Places as far south as Alabama and parts of Northern California were expected to see the aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights from a powerful geomagnetic storm that reached Earth.
People view the northern lights, or aurora borealis, as they glow over Lake Washington, in Renton, Wash. Brilliant purple, green, yellow and pink hues of the Northern Lights were reported worldwide, with sightings in Germany, Switzerland, London, and the United States and Canada. MANNING PARK, BRITISH COLUMBIA – MAY 11: A woman watches the aurora borealis, commonly known as the northern lights on May 11, 2024 in Manning Park, British Columbia, Canada.
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