Northern lights were spotted across the U.S. despite no coronal mass ejection being detected hitting the atmosphere.
. The CME then flies into space at mind-boggling speeds—up to 6.7 million mph—reaching Earth in only a few days if it happens to be heading in our direction.
The CME will then interact with the Earth's magnetic field and atmosphere, causing geomagnetic storms and resultant auroras in the areas nearest to the poles. "A geomagnetic storm is the alteration of the Earth's magnetic environment. This means when the magnetic fields that usually surround our Earth start to be distorted," Daniel Brown, an associate professor in astronomy and science communication at the U.K.
The Northern Lights illuminate the night sky on August 23, 2016 in Erikslund village at Vaesternorrland County in Sweden.Geomagnetic storms are classified between G1 to G5 , according to NOAA's G scale, with stronger storms causing the northern lights to be visible further south. It's much more rare to see the aurora in southern states.
"The colors in the aurora are the result of particles in the upper atmosphere becoming excited by collisions with particles coming from within the magnetosphere and some from within the solar wind," Brett Carter, an associate professor in space science at RMIT University in Australia,
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