Nebraska
Rare solar storm causes auroras to blanket Greater Nebraska
NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (KNOP) -During the night Friday, a rare solar storm impacted the Greater Nebraska area, which caused auroras to blanket the region.
According to the Space Weather Prediction Center, the solar storm was rated a rare G5, the strongest a solar storm could get. The last time a solar storm was in 2003. This solar storm impacted a large area from the North Pole, all the way down to the southern portions of the country, including Nebraska.
A stunning consequence of the solar storm was that it created, with the magnetic field of the earth is called “Aurora Borealis” or “Northern Lights.” The lights were multicolored and also including pillar like structures.
For viewers to see the solar storm in full force, they had to get away from lights of the town, which is called light pollution.
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