(NEXSTAR) — An incredibly strong geomagnetic storm brought the northern lights into California, Arkansas, and even Florida, all areas that rarely get a chance to see the celestial colors. Much of the U.S. may again get to see the aurora Wednesday, if conditions pan out.

Over the last few days, the sun has been very active, spewing out X-class flares (the strongest possible) and accompanying coronal mass ejections (CMEs), which are essentially "sun burps" of plasma and magnetic material. Earth's atmosphere was impacted by those outputs overnight, making the northern lights shine across the U.S.

Photographers photograph the Northern Lights at China Camp State Park in San Rafael, Calif., Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025. (Photo by Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)

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