Northern Lights Seen Over Marlyand - Sunday, May 17

This article was written today.

Northern lights (aurora) captured in eastern Maryland Sunday morning (photos)

"On Saturday night, two waves of plasma unleashed by the sun (coronal mass ejections) collided on their flight towards Earth. The result? A geomagnetic storm that produced eye-popping aurora (northern lights) as far south as the mid-Atlantic."






Didn't realize how powerful that blast was. Maryland is a long way from the north pole...