Northern Lights visible across the Brazos Valley Tuesday Night

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - A strong geomagnetic storm impacted the Earth Tuesday Night, resulting in visible aurora across most of the United States. The best views came from the northern portions of the country, however sky watchers across the Brazos Valley also got to catch a glimpse of the extraordinary sight.

Although the lights were mostly only seen through a camera lens, a sighting at all in Texas is considered extremely rare.

Viewing seen from Robertson County (Linda McGuill)

Viewing seen from OSR (Mitchell Barry)

The storm resulted from what is known of Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) - a massive expulsion of plasma from the suns corona. Once ejected, these systems will travel outward into space and often times like yesterday, interact with the Earth’s magnetic field. This interacti