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Last August, over a calm Michigan lake, Karl Duesterhaus, 34, of Chicago, was treated to an unusual phenomenon: the northern lights, which appeared as hazy colors in a brighter-than-usual night sky. It was a cool experience, he said, but he was surprised when he looked at cellphone photos taken the night before. “The colors were […]
What a start to 2025! While many celebrated New Year’s Eve with bursts of glittering fireworks, Earth joined the festivities with a natural display of its own: the northern lights. A coronal mass ejection (CME) struck Earth’s magnetic field on Dec. 31 at 11:21 a.m. EST (16:21 GMT), sparking geomagnetic storm conditions and painting the […]