Major Solar Storm Could Bring Northern Lights To Denver Tonight

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17 Mar 2015 20:29 #1 by ScienceChic

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This would be so cool to see!
Major Solar Storm Could Bring Northern Lights To Denver Tonight
March 17, 2015

A geomagnetic storm was being felt on Earth Tuesday in the form of fluctuations to power grids and producing the infamous “northern lights” in places like Canada, Iceland and Alaska.

The storm, produced by two separate eruptions from the sun on Sunday, Mar. 15 , had joined into one massive cloud that was impacting the Earth’s magnetic field.

When storms reach these levels they can occasionally produce the Aurora Borealis in places unusually far south, such as Colorado.

The following tweet shows the northern lights visible from western Colorado early on Mar. 17.

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