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Nasa Aurora Borealis 2024. Photo by gunjan sinha, acquired on. Northern lights or aurora borealis illuminate the night sky north of san francisco in middletown, california on may 11, 2024.

With intense solar activity driving recent geomagnetic storms, the colorful aurora borealis or northern lights, rare to the region, shine under polaris and the north celestial pole. On friday, may 10, 2024, space weather forecasters began predicting a “severe” solar storm.