Photos: Northern lights danced across Minnesota overnight
![A view of the northern lights with an airplane wing in the foreground.](https://img.apmcdn.org/c88f3237904d7dd08d56349193eab55e75880b63/uncropped/e58f81-20230919-northern-lights-user-gallery6-hi-res-600.jpg)
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Photographers around Minnesota shared some of their snapshots of the northern lights bringing their beauty across much of the state overnight into Tuesday. They did not disappoint.
These are a few of the images MPR News audience members shared with us on Facebook and on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.
![A view of the northern lights](https://img.apmcdn.org/653e2f2a805587b00c36b4941bfcad36ac986c7e/uncropped/86e896-20230919-northern-lights-user-gallery01-600.jpg)
![A view of the northern lights](https://img.apmcdn.org/4e305dd2addc0f66462083befaecc96f65fdcc7a/uncropped/a0ceb6-20230919-northern-lights-user-gallery03-600.jpg)
![A view of the northern lights](https://img.apmcdn.org/da94135037038108f1d41d9833c25444d98c4e2a/uncropped/8f23f0-20230919-northern-lights-user-gallery04-600.jpg)
![A view of the northern lights](https://img.apmcdn.org/f08774ba280a8083005179638f6203dace369b57/uncropped/0b1bae-20230919-northern-lights-user-gallery5-600.jpg)
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Space Weather Prediction Center documented a strong geomagnetic storm with a Kp index of about 6.67. The index often needs to reach about 5 in order to see the aurora in the northern part of the state.
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