Northern Lights dazzle skies over New England

Bryan Lambert

May 10, 2024 at 11:42 PM·1 min read

All throughout New England, stargazers were treated to a spectacular light show Friday night into Saturday morning.

The Northern Lights were seen all throughout North America, giving New Englanders a special look at the display typically seen closer to the Artic Circle.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued a rare geomagnetic storm watch — the first in nearly 20 years. The flares seem to be associated with a sunspot that’s 16 times the diameter of Earth, according to NOAA. An extreme geomagnetic storm in 2003 took out power in Sweden and damaged power transformers in South Africa.

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