The most powerful solar storm in more than two decades struck Earth on May 10, triggering spectacular celestial light shows in skies from Tasmania to Britain leaving people in awe in different parts of the world as it was seen beyond its usual shade of green in red, orange and yellow colours
Updated On: 2024-05-12 01:47 PM IST
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A geomagnetic storm lights up the night sky above the Bonneville Salt Flats on May 10, in Wendover, Utah.
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.
Onlookers gaze upon and photograph the Northern Lights at Chanticleer Point Lookout on the Columbia River Gorge in the early morning hours of May 11, 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.
Northern lights or aurora borealis illuminate the night sky over a camper's tent north of San Francisco in Middletown, California on May 11. The storm threatens possible disruptions to satellites and power grids as it persists into the weekend.
In a unique celestial phenomenon, the Aurora borealis, commonly known as the northern lights, is seen on May 11, in Manning Park, British Columbia, Canada.
