IN PHOTOS: Northern lights put on a show

It wasn’t quite the show that we were expecting, but the northern lights did indeed light up our sky Monday.

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Particles from a coronal hole on the sun were expected to reach Earth on Monday and trigger a geomagnetic storm. When this happens, we see the interaction of the particles as the northern lights, or aurora borealis.

The stream did reach Earth, but didn’t quite fire off the storm that was expected.

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Still, it was pretty impressive.

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Not only did Canada get treated to the light show, but people in the northern United States were also lucky enough to see them.

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And this was what it looked like from space.

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The Space Weather Prediction Center is still forecasting for increased activity and the chance that storm may strengthen throughout Wednesday.

So if you missed the show, there’s still a chance you might catch it Tuesday night.

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