The Northern Lights Could Be Seen Across Canada Last Night & The Pics Are Unreal (PHOTOS)

Now that was a seriously impressive geomagnetic storm!

Western Canada Editor

The northern lights put on a superb display across parts of Canada, lighting up the skies during a large geomagnetic storm.

Photographers across the country were quick to get their cameras out and they've been posting their best northern lights photos from Monday, October 11.

Shades of green, yellow and red flickered across the skies in Alberta.

Dan Davies, who lives in Fort St. John, B.C., snapped these amazing pictures of the sky.

In Fort Nelson, B.C., Glenn captured these wonderful red and pink colours.

Over in Edmonton, one Twitter user saw streaks of green dancing across the skies above them and were quick to grab a picture.

This article's cover image was used for illustrative purposes only.

  • Western Canada Editor Daniel Milligan was the Western Canada Editor at Narcity Canada. He was responsible for developing trending news strategies and managing a team of writers and editors. Originally from the U.K., Daniel holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in journalism from Staffordshire University. Over the past decade, he has worked on major news stories including terror attacks in London, England, and Manchester, along with royal weddings, Brexit developments, the Canadian federal election and the Nova Scotia mass shooting. Daniel was a senior editor and newsroom leader at Trinity Mirror, one of the U.K.'s largest regional news websites. He would later move to Toronto and work at Yahoo Canada and CTV News/CTV National News.

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