Aurora Borealis Lights Up The Midwestern Sky

By Samantha Abernethy in News on Apr 24, 2012 8:20PM

$Aurora over Lake Michigan, April 23, 2012, at Indiana Dunes State Park. \<a href=\"http://www.in.gov/dnr/5348.htm\"\>Copyright Indiana Department of Natural Resources\<\/a\>.$ $Aurora over Lake Michigan with pavilion in background, April 23, 2012, at Indiana Dunes State Park. \<a href=\"http://www.in.gov/dnr/5348.htm\"\>Copyright Indiana Department of Natural Resources\<\/a\>.$ $Aurora over Dunes Creek and Lake Michigan, April 23, 2012, at Indiana Dunes State Park. \<a href=\"http://www.in.gov/dnr/5348.htm\"\>Copyright Indiana Department of Natural Resources\<\/a\>.$ $Aurora over Lake Michigan, April 23, 2012, at Indiana Dunes State Park. \<a href=\"http://www.in.gov/dnr/5348.htm\"\>Copyright Indiana Department of Natural Resources\<\/a\>.$ $Aurora over Lake Michigan, April 23, 2012, at Indiana Dunes State Park. \<a href=\"http://www.in.gov/dnr/5348.htm\"\>Copyright Indiana Department of Natural Resources\<\/a\>.$ $Aurora over Lake Michigan, April 23, 2012, at Indiana Dunes State Park. \<a href=\"http://www.in.gov/dnr/5348.htm\"\>Copyright Indiana Department of Natural Resources\<\/a\>.$ $Aurora over Lake Michigan, April 23, 2012, at Indiana Dunes State Park. \<a href=\"http://www.in.gov/dnr/5348.htm\"\>Copyright Indiana Department of Natural Resources\<\/a\>.$

The solar eruptions continue to fuel incredible Northern Lights, and storm chasers caught video of gold and purple aurora borealis near Fergus Falls, Minn. just after 1 a.m. this morning. Over in Indiana, the folks at Indiana Dunes State Park snagged these stellar photos of green and red lights. The same eruption of solar flares brought the lights to our skies last fall for the first time in almost seven years. We couldn't see them from the city, but the folks in the international space station could.

And here is a video taken at Indiana Dunes by Flickr contributor TheZManAbides.

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