WATCH: Social Media Posts Light Up With Spectacular Scenes of the Aurora Borealis

Rare, powerful solar storm delivers unbelievable light show

Aurora Borealis wows
The Northern Lights in MIddleton, California, put on an extremely rare display in Middleton, California, north of San Francisco. Photo by JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images

The Aurora Borealis put on a rare spectacular display Friday night, and social media was threre for it with posted eye-popping photos and videos from London to Seattle, Aberdeen to Cleveland.

The light show was visible in the U.S. as far south as Florida, Texas and southern Californis after an extreme geomagnetic storm — the most powerful in at least 20 years — peppered the planet.

Those who missed the show can try again Saturday night.

Bill Nye the science guy explains it all:

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Northern lights, Astronomy
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