The much-talked-about northern lights display expected for last weekend didn’t disappoint if you saw them. A powerful aurora lit up the sky over the weekend of May 10-11 and was visible in all 50 states, as well as in Cuba and the Bahamas. The northern lights occurred during a severe solar storm, the likes of which hasn’t happened since 2005, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
See photos from Friday, May 10, below. For more on northern lights, go here.
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