A strong geomagnetic storm brought spectacular light displays to many parts of the United States on Thursday night.
The northern lights, or aurora borealis, painted the skies, including in Northeast Georgia.
People from Maine to Macon shared their images with Now Habersham as the auroras splashed vivid colors across the northern sky.
The displays happen when charged particles collide with gases in the earth’s atmosphere around the magnetic poles.
The coloration in the sky was faint and dim when viewed by the naked eye, but cell phone cameras and DSLRs on long exposures brought out the best of them. Please share your photos of the northern lights and your location with us on Facebook. We’d love to see how they looked where you are.
Here’s a sampling of the hundreds of images we have shared so far.
Turnerville, Georgia, at 10:30 p.m. on Oct. 10, 2024. (Photo by Sherry Moore Adams)East of Cleveland, Georgia, around 10:15 p.m. on Oct. 10, 2024. (Photo by My Creations)Toccoa, Georgia (Photo by Jonah Chambers)Carnesville, Georgia (Photo by Kathie Maxim)Alto, Georgia (Photo by Brittany Brown)Shot with a iPhone 15 Pro Max with filter in Mossy Creek near Cleveland, Georgia. (Photo by Jonathan Doe)Richard Russell Hwy. (Photo by Larissa Nielsen)South Carolina (Photo by Jeffery Simmons)“We have a little slice of heaven on 197, but we are home in south GA,” writes Lisa Carr. “This is view from our farm at home.” (Photo by Lisa Suber Carr)Vacationing in South Dakota, Tommy Caulfield says the aurora “put on a show here.” (Photo by Tommy Caulfield)Crystle Seeley captured this photo in her home state of Maine. (Photo by Crystle Seeley via Heather Ausburn)
