A large flare of the aurora borealis around 10:04 p.m. last night at Jones Beach.
Nicole Formisano
If you looked up at the sky at the right time last night, chances are you saw a flood of pinks and greens lighting up the night. The aurora borealis graced Long Island last night, Oct. 10.
It’s exceptionally rare for the aurora borealis, or northern lights, to be visible as far south as Long Island, but thanks to yesterday’s severe geomagnetic storm where around one billion tons of solar plasma collided with earth’s magnetic sphere, we were able to catch a lucky glimpse of the phenomenon.
Here are some pictures captured across Long Island — or even 30,000 feet in the air!