Northern lights spotted across western Washington as severe geomagnetic storm hits

The northern lights put on a show on Sunday night as the Perseid meteor shower reached its peak.

SEATTLE — The northern lights danced over western Washington on Sunday night, being seen across the region from the coast to the San Juans to Seattle.

A severe geomagnetic storm was observed Monday morning measuring at a G4 on a scale of one to five, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The storm occurred as a coronal mass ejection, which is an expulsion of plasma and magnetic field from the sun, passed Earth.

KING 5 viewers submitted photos of the green and purple

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