
Spectacular images have captured the moment stunning aurora displays lit up the night sky during the strongest geomagnetic storm in 21 years, which hit Earth over the weekend. The phenomenon occurred after several large solar storms crashed into our planet's atmosphere, producing green and blue hues in skies across the Northern Hemisphere as far south as Florida.
The last time auroras were seen this far south was October 2003, when an extreme G5 storm — the highest category for geomagnetic storms — smashed into Earth.