Intense Northern Lights show: Powerful solar flare triggers widespread auroras: May 15, 2005
 
ABOVE: Amazing Aurora Borealis in Illinois early on Sunday (photos by Matt Robinson).
 DWIGHT, ILLINOIS - While an anomalous weather pattern kept severe storms out of the Plains, the space weather pattern was just as active as ever on Saturday night. A strong solar flare triggered an extremely bright display of the Northern Lights (G5 geomagnetic storm with KP values at 9), and from our vantage point just south of Chicago, the show was spectacular - filling nearly the entire sky, from horizon to horizon and straight above. Matt Robinson (raleighskyline.com) took the digital photos on this page, while I tried as best possible to capture the event on video. Even with a wide-angle lens, it was impossible to get the whole show in one frame, but we still got some decent shots.
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