A geomagnetic storm lit up the skies as far south as Florida late Tuesday – and some in the D.C. area were treated to red, purple and green hues splashed overhead.

The aurora was visible in areas including Bowie and Mount Airy in Maryland, plus Vienna and Shenandoah National Park in Virginia, viewers told News4.

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Photos: Northern lights seen in Maryland and Virginia on cold November night

One X user shared a time-lapse video. You can tell there’s cloud cover in the video, Storm Team4 Meteorologist Chuck Bell said.

“But the clouds were able to be illuminated by the northern lights above them, so that helped a little bit,” Bell said.

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