Aurora over State of New York

Aurora over State of New York

Astrophotographer: "The last G4 substorm caused by the speeding bullet CME occurred shortly after sunset on the 21st. It was brief but quite intense and it built up rapidly. At 42N, the pink columns reached about 70 degrees high at times. A magical moment."

New York, also called New York State, is a state located in the northeastern United States. Bordering New England to its east, Canada to the north, and Pennsylvania and New Jersey to the south, its territory extends into both the Atlantic Ocean and the Great Lakes. New York is the fourth-most populous state in the United States.

Also known as the northern lights (aurora borealis) or southern lights (aurora australis), auroras are colorful, dynamic, and often visually delicate displays of an intricate dance of particles and magnetism between the Sun and Earth called space weather. When energetic particles from space collide with atoms and molecules in the atmosphere, they can cause the colorful glow that we call auroras.

Learn more about auroras: 
https://science.nasa.gov/sun/auroras/

Image Credit: Jessica Fridrich
Location: Binghamton, New York

Jessica's website: https://www.flickr.com/photos/186268707@N07/
Release Date: Jan. 21, 2026

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