Last week the Northern Lights appeared in the Twin Cities. Normally because of all the light pollution you can barely even see the stars. Ironically enough I'm in the middle of a book called Night Magic which is all about the life that takes place in nature at night - it's so good, highly recommend and I'm actually reading it for my Master Gardener book club.
The pinks are unusual to see.
Pictures usually show the colors way more vibrant than what you see in real life. We could see all the colors but they weren't as bright and showy as what you see. BUT you could still notice that something was going on in the sky with the pink. It's a little strange to see the lights in the sky!
Northern Lights are the chemical reaction from solar storms when the particles hit Earth's atmosphere. Normally in northern Minnesota you can see the greens and sometimes they're really active.
For whatever reason, the solar storm last week was really intense and our atmosphere did a great job of protecting us from the solar storm and we got to see the show!
The colors were gorgeous and I'm positive this was probably a once in a lifetime experience. I'm happy that we went outside to watch and see what was happening.
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