Ontario got a dazzling treat on Sunday night when the night skies lit up with a display of aurora borealis visible across much of Europe and North ...
Ontario got a dazzling treat on Sunday night when the night skies lit up with a display of aurora borealis visible across much of Europe and North America, the product of a significant
Skywatchers at latitudes as far south as Virginia were treated to views of the Northern Lights amid a powerful G3-rated solar storm — right in the middle of a scale ranging from G1 to G5 . A coronal mass ejection blasted out from the sun sent charged particles into the Earth's upper atmosphere, combining with ionized gases to form glowing aurora.will typically bring Northern Lights to skies as far south as the Great Lakes region, though this particular event exceeded the norm and was visible hundreds of kilometres further south.
Unfortunately, the majority of Ontario's population was unable to view the event due to a blanket of clouds overnight. Some glimpses were visible in Southern Ontario, like a clip captured on Highway 401.However, northern areas of the province got quite the show. In Sudbury, the auroras took on green and purple hues.The most intense auroras were seen in the far-northern reaches of the province.
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