Northern lights set the sky aglow amid powerful geomagnetic storm

Millions of Americans were capable to spot the magical glow of the bluish lights connected Friday nighttime erstwhile a powerful geomagnetic storm reached Earth. 

The bluish lights, besides known arsenic the aurora borealis, were predicted to beryllium visible arsenic acold southbound arsenic Alabama and Northern California. People reported seeing the lights arsenic acold southbound arsenic Florida and Oklahoma. 

Some areas, similar New York City, were impacted by unreality screen and missed retired connected the spectacular show, but the improvement is expected to past done the play and perchance into adjacent week. 

Photos of the bluish lights 

Photographers and videographers nationwide captured images that amusement the bluish lights streaking the entity successful shades of blue, green, and adjacent purple. 

Northern lights illuminate the nighttime entity successful Middletown, California connected May 11, 2024. JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images

The bluish lights could besides beryllium photographed from the air, with photos of the improvement from airplane windows circulating connected societal media. 

Photos of the bluish lights taken arsenic a level landed astatine Chicago's Midway Airport. Linda Blanco

Even successful places wherever the bluish lights could lone beryllium seen faintly with the bare eye, photographs captured stunning details. 

The bluish lights illuminate the entity successful Rochester, New York.  Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu via Getty Images

Northern lights predictions for the remainder of the weekend

If you missed the bluish lights connected Friday night, determination are inactive immoderate chances to drawback the improvement again. The geomagnetic tempest is expected to past done the weekend.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Space Weather Prediction Center released a forecast representation for Saturday nighttime suggesting that the lights would beryllium disposable successful parts of Washington, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota, and more. 

A representation from the Space Weather Prediction Center shows the aurora forecast for the U.S. connected May 11, 2024. Space Weather Prediction Center

Though the lights volition beryllium much limited, don't despair if your country isn't illuminated connected the map. It's imaginable to observe the bluish lights from arsenic acold arsenic 620 miles away, according to the National Weather Service. And remember, a camera tin assistance prime up details that the bare oculus mightiness different miss.

What's the champion mode to spot the bluish lights? 

The National Weather Service's St. Louis bureau said that radical who privation to spot the bluish lights should get distant from airy contamination and unreality cover. 

"Get distant from metropolis lights into a dark, agrarian surrounding and look north," the office said connected societal media on Friday morning. 

Northern Lights astir the world 

The United States wasn't the lone spot to spot unthinkable airy shows connected Friday. In the United Kingdom, the improvement was seen arsenic acold southbound arsenic London and confederate England.

The aurora borealis glows connected the skyline astatine Crosby Beach successful Liverpool, England. Peter Byrne/PA Images via Getty Images

In parts of Germany, the full entity appeared to beryllium lit pinkish astatine times.  

Northern lights successful the entity implicit Bavaria, Germany. Matthias Balk/picture confederation via Getty Images

Other unthinkable images showed the entity implicit Austria lit successful blue, green, and pink, with stunning photos catching them implicit the country's mountains. 

Northern lights oregon aurora borealis illuminate the nighttime entity successful Austria.  JFK/APA/AFP via Getty Images

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