Northern Lights Dazzle Onlookers Across Canada
A powerful geomagnetic storm is slamming Earth resulting in intense northern lights displays across Canada and portions of the United States last night.
A geomagnetic storm is a disturbance of the Earth's magnetosphere caused by solar winds.
While the displays may be beautiful, it is actually a rather violent event.
The northern lights, or aurora borealis, are created when sun particles slam into Earth's atmosphere at speeds of up to 72 million km/h, luckily our planet's magnetic field protects us.
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