Every once in a while, Mother Nature puts on a spectacular show.
A severe solar storm smacked Earth yesterday with a surprisingly big geomagnetic jolt, with the potential to affect power grids and GPS tracking while pushing the colourful northern lights farther south. The lights were visible throughout the northern hemisphere, and photos from several countries (from Canada to Finland to England) are popping up online.
Two blasts of magnetic plasma left the sun on Sunday, combined and arrived on Earth about 15 hours earlier and much stronger than expected. It is the most powerful solar storm to blast Earth since the fall of 2013. No non-beautiful repercussions have been reported so far.
Here's a taste of some of the eye candy on display last night:
With files from AP
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