Shimmering aurora lights up northern Minnesota

September 30, 2019 at 1:29AM

The aurora borealis could be seen just past midnight on Saturday over Wolf Lake in Minnesota's Cloquet Valley State Forest. The Kp index, which measures geomagnetic activity, was high in the early morning hours of Saturday, Sept. 28, which meant the aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights, was visible in northern Minnesota.

The aurora borealis could be seen on the North horizon in the night sky over Wolf Lake in the Cloquet State Forrest around midnight on Saturday morning.]
ALEX KORMANN • alex.kormann@startribune.com The KP index was high in the early morning hours of Saturday September 28, 2019 which meant the aurora borealis aka "the Northern lights" were visible from Northern Minnesota.
The aurora borealis could be seen on the North horizon in the night sky over Wolf Lake in the Cloquet State Forrest around midnight on Saturday morning.] ALEX KORMANN • alex.kormann@startribune.com The KP index was high in the early morning hours of Saturday September 28, 2019 which meant the aurora borealis aka "the Northern lights" were visible from Northern Minnesota. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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