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Yukon Aurora on Feb. 19, 2014

This aurora image was taken by Jonathan Tucker from the Yukon on February 19, 2014.
This aurora image was taken by Jonathan Tucker from the Yukon on February 19, 2014.

A minor geomagnetic storm was already in progress on Feb. 19, 2014, when a coronal mass ejection, or CME, struck Earth’s magnetic field. The CME impact revved-up the storm, producing brilliant aurora over both poles.

This aurora image was taken by Jonathan Tucker from the Yukon on February 19, 2014.