What A Show! Northern Lights Seen Across Much Of Nation

By Mark Memmott

Published October 25, 2011 at 9:06 AM EDT

<p>The Northern Lights over Marquette, Mich., last night.</p> — The Northern Lights over Marquette, Mich., last night.

From Alabama and Georgia north to the border with Canada, there are reports from all over the continental U.S. today about a fantastic show last night:

An intense geomagnetic storm that produced some of the best "Northern Lights" in recent memory, .

Many folks are posting photos and videos. Here's one that the poster says was taken in Michigan.

It's unusual for the lights to be seen across so much of the U.S. Did you see them?

SpaceWeather.com has a photo gallery here.

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Mark Memmott is NPR's supervising senior editor for Standards & Practices. In that role, he's a resource for NPR's journalists – helping them raise the right questions as they do their work and uphold the organization's standards.

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