video report here:
The northern lights, also called the “Aurora Borealis”, appeared over the SOUTHEAST United States last night (october 24, 2011 into october 25, 2011).
Below is a screenshot of late on the 24th from the NICT Japanese magnetosphere website — clearly showing the earths magnetic field under pressure (upper right panel) and in flux (upper left panel). link to the NICT website: http://www2.nict.go.jp/y/y223/simulation/realtime/index.html
here is a link to one of the MSM reports — they are saying to expect this to continue for a few more days additionally !
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2011/10/northern-lights-seen-across-southeast-u-s/
Red and pink streaks filled the sky across parts of the country after Earth’s magnetic field was hit by a coronal mass ejection, enabling the Northern Lights to be seen across the southeastern part of the United States.
The ejection hit on Monday at approximately 2 p.m. ET and was seen across Arkansas, Tennessee, northern Alabama, northern Mississippi and North Carolina.
The Northern Lights, also known as Aurora Borealis, occurs when energy particles from the sun interact with the earth’s magnetic field. Though the particles were emitted from the sun on Saturday, they only hit earth’s atmosphere Monday night.
The National Weather Service Space Weather Prediction Center said that coronal mass ejection arrived approximately eight hours earlier than model guidance suggested.
here are shots of the event:
