A powerful geomagnetic storm brought spectacular light displays to night skies across the Northern Hemisphere, with sightings of pink, red, and green lights as far south as Florida and Oklahoma.

A view of the northern lights, looking straight up at swirls of pink and green lights

Steven Garcia / NurPhoto / ReutersThe aurora borealis, or northern lights, visible over Minneapolis, Minnesota, on November 11, 2025

Green and red curtains of light, seen in the night sky above a light house

Owen Humphreys / PA Images / GettyThe northern lights glow in the sky over St Mary’s Lighthouse in Whitley Bay, England, on the North East coast, in the early hours of November 12, 2025.

A photographer sets up a camera beside a lake at night, with a red and green aurora in the sky beyond.

Andy Dossett / Examiner-Enterprise / USA Today / ReutersIn Oklahoma, a photographer sets up at Hulah Lake to capture the northern lights on November 11, 2025, during a rare aurora display.

Several people look toward a glowing aurora in the distance.

Craig Bailey / Florida Today / USA Today / ReutersWest of Cocoa, Florida, spectators observe the aurora borealis as it appears over the St. Johns River, on November 11, 2025.

Sheets of red and green light glow in the night sky above a barn.

Ross Harried / NurPhoto / GettyThe aurora borealis lights up the night sky over Monroe, Wisconsin, on November 11, 2025.

The northern lights form a broad streak of red across the night sky, seen looking straight up.

Steven Garcia / NurPhoto / ReutersThe northern lights stretch out above Minneapolis, Minnesota, on November 11, 2025.

The night sky above a boarded-up wooden school house glows red and green.

Ross Harried / NurPhoto / GettyThe aurora borealis lights up the sky above Monroe, Wisconsin, on November 11, 2025.

A night view of a distant car's headlights, and a red-and-green-colored aurora in the sky.

Andy Dossett / Examiner-Enterprise / USA Today / ReutersA car crosses Hulah Dam under the glow of the northern lights on November 11, 2025, during a rare aurora sighting in northern Oklahoma.

Red and green glowing light appears in the sky above houses and a tree.

Trevor Hughes / USA Today / ReutersThe northern lights light up the sky east of Denver, Colorado, on November 11, 2025.

Green and red curtains of light hang in the night sky above farm equipment in a field.

Ross Harried / NurPhoto / GettyThe night sky over Monroe, Wisconsin, glows during a geomagnetic storm on November 11, 2025.

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