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Daisy Dobrijevic

Aurora alert: Possible geomagnetic storm could bring northern lights as far south as New York

Ribbons of light shine down from clouds almost like a curtain of light colored pink purple and green.

Heightened solar activity has prompted the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Space Weather Prediction Center to issue a geomagnetic storm watch for July 24. 

The culprit? A plume of plasma and magnetic field known as a coronal mass ejection (CME) that was released from the sun on Jul 21 and is now barreling toward Earth and due to arrive on July 24. 

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