Photos: View of the northern lights across central Ohio

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – During a rare geomagnetic storm, numerous central Ohioans got to view a beautiful celestial show: the northern lights. 

The colorful auroras are courtesy of a series of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) from the sun. When CMEs reach Earth’s magnetic field, they spark a big interaction known as a geomagnetic storm.

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According to NASA, CMEs create currents in Earth’s magnetic fields that send particles to the North and South Poles.