The aurora borealis makes its way into rare areas

beautiful northern Lights they lit up the skies of the Northern Hemisphere, offering a spectacle in areas where they are not so common.

According to data from the Center for Climate Forecasts The US space agency NOAA, in the United States, a coronal mass ejection (CME) traveled through space at about 3 million kilometers per hour to hit the planet, and its effects are still being felt.

On Sunday, a solar flare hit Earth and caused a powerful geomagnetic storm.

Millions of energetically charged particles interacted with the planet’s geomagnetic field, causing some blackouts and the mesmerizing northern lights.

These natural events can be seen at unusually low latitudes in many parts of the world, meaning that the aurora borealis can be seen closer to the equator.

NOAA predicted that the aurora borealis could be visible as far away as southern Oregon or Washington, with a 20-50% chance if skies are clear. This is rare as this phenomenon is usually seen much further north.

About 20 states in the United States and some countries in Europe They could enjoy this colorful event.

Geomagnetic storms are ranked on a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being the weakest and 5 being the most damaging potential. Level 4 or G4 storms, like this one this weekend, are rated as severe.

A geomagnetic storm – also called a solar storm – occurs when the Earth’s magnetic field is disrupted by the shock wave of the solar wind, which is an explosion from the sun’s surface.

According to experts, such events are not so rare, about 100 every 11 years.