ORLANDO, Fla. – The Northern Lights reached Florida late Tuesday as a severe geomagnetic storm hit Earth’s magnetic field.
News 6 viewers from Winter Springs to Deltona and Daytona Beach shared photos of the Northern Lights, which were visible to the naked eye.
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Midnight in Winter Springs
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration earlier Tuesday issued a G4, or severe, geomagnetic storm watch in response to recent coronal mass ejections, or CMEs, from the sun. CMEs are huge bubbles of coronal plasma that the sun occasionally ejects, NASA says.
The highest geomagnetic storm level is G5, which is considered extreme.
@news6wkmg Aurora Borealis from Deltona Florida. pic.twitter.com/bfc1M8bRJ6
— Dr. LimeShine (@lesmiller64) November 12, 2025
The latest CME was the “most energetic and fastest of the CMEs” that erupted in the past few days, NOAA said. It was also associated with one of the strongest solar flares of the current solar cycle, according to CBS News.
Another G3, or strong, geomagnetic storm was expected to affect Earth on Wednesday, but it’s not known if the Northern Lights will again be visible in Florida.
😍 We can't feel our fingers because it's so cold outside, BUT we snagged some amazing photos of the aurora from our office out here in Mobile, AL. This was visible to the naked eye. pic.twitter.com/7bZGAGsIAp
— NWS Mobile (@NWSMobile) November 12, 2025
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