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It was an impressive show over Minnesota last night if you were in a good spot to see the northern lights. 

Many skywatchers tweeted out impressive aurora photos over Minnesota. 

Thursday morning’s aurora show danced over Minnesota with multiple colors. Green curtains and red patches lit up the moonless sky in open areas away from city lights. Check out this image from Princeton north of the Twin Cities. 

Check out this video from Manitoba around 1:22 into the video.

People as far south as California got in on the action.

The strong geomagnetic storm reached G3 levels early Thursday according to 

Thursdays aurora storm was triggered by a so-called “cannibal CME.” These events occur when a faster-moving CME overtakes a slower wave in from of it. The two tangled magnetic fields hit earth’s magnetosphere last night. 

Last night may have been the best of show for this round of northern lights. But there is still the potential for more overnight into early Friday morning so you may want to try again if you missed it last night. 

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Northern lights glowed over Minnesota Wednesday night. They were seen as far south as California.

'Cannibal CME' delivered impressive northern lights show last night

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