Northern lights visible across metro Denver, Colorado as geomagnetic storm intensifies

Northern lights were visible across metro Denver on Tuesday night as a severe geomagnetic storm lit up the skies in Colorado and throughout the U S Folks spotted waves of pink purple and green in Denver Thornton Broomfield Centennial Parker and beyond according to photos shared on social media and captured by The Denver Post The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration s Space Weather Prediction Center based in Boulder sent out an alert for a severe geomagnetic storm just after p m Related Articles How to use your smartphone to photograph the Northern Lights Will the northern lights be visible in Colorado tonight Aurora is recreating the northern lights with LEDs and more things to do this week A severe geomagnetic storm is a major disturbance in Earth s magnetic field with the foreseen to impact electricity and satellite operations including GPS NOAA leaders wrote in the alert This is a advancing story and may be updated Get more Colorado news by signing up for our daily Your Morning Dozen email newsletter