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Northern lights put on a show over Utah

The northern lights over Heber City, Sunday April 23, 2023.
Tyler Moss
The northern lights over Heber City, Sunday April 23, 2023.

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.
Mar Cal
The northern lights over the Heber Valley Sunday, April 23, 2023.

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.
NOAA Space Weather
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.

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.

David Gonzales
Melissa Soltesz
Stacy Ehrlich
Northern lights over the Heber Valley, Sunday April 23, 2023.
Phil Bondurant
Northern lights over the Heber Valley, Sunday April 23, 2023.