The aurora borealis, or northern lights, were seen over Utah Sunday night, delighting star gazers, many of whom noted they saw the lights better with their cameras.
![The northern lights over the Heber Valley Sunday, April 23, 2023.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/b03c108/2147483647/strip/true/crop/395x296+0+0/resize/880x659!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F7b%2F6a%2F3e6e77d64b5c8634f2d74d10d96c%2Fnorthern-lights-mar-cal.jpg)
According to the National Oceanic Atmospheric Association Space Weather Prediction Center the lights were the result of a coronal mass ejection, or an expanding halo of gas around the sun, on Friday. The center issued a warning about a geomagnetic storm overnight.
![NOAA Spce Weather Prediction Center issued a warning for a geomagnetic storm Sunday night into Monday morning. Many saw the northern lights in Utah as a result of the storm.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/ebbd716/2147483647/strip/true/crop/960x600+0+0/resize/880x550!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F41%2F47%2F344ac6da423aa6ddaf46fedee4d1%2Fgeomagnetic-storm.jpg)
The National Weather Service says the most recent forecastshows a much lower chance of seeing the nothern lights in Utah Monday night.
Latest forecast from the space weather prediction center indicates a much lower chance of seeing aurora this far south.
If you have any photos of Sunday's northern lights, please send them to news@kpcw.org.
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![Northern lights over the Heber Valley, Sunday April 23, 2023.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/21125f7/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2048x1536+0+0/resize/880x660!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F9b%2Ff5%2F213c978144f78d55db65d1e9f4be%2Fnorthern-lights.jpg)