A powerful geomagnetic storm gave skywatchers across Pennsylvania, including in Centre County, a dazzling light show on Thursday.
The northern lights were visible across central PA, thanks to a coronal mass ejection earlier this week that sent plasma and magnetic fields hurtling toward the Earth. That triggered what the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration termed a “severe” geomagnetic storm that caused the aurora to be visible here and elsewhere across the Northeast on Thursday night.
Here’s how the northern lights looked around Centre County.
The view from Black Moshannon State Park in Rush Township.
Poe Valley State Park in Coburn.
The view from Nittany Meadow Farm in Boalsburg.
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