BOISE, Idaho — Late-night adventurers, eager photographers and other Idahoans were treated to dazzling displays left by the northern lights late Tuesday night.

For those who missed the aurora borealis, there may be more opportunities to catch the lights' colorful show. Forecasters issued a severe G4 geomagnetic storm watch for Tuesday, Nov. 11 and Wednesday, Nov. 12.

The alert comes after a coronal mass ejection, an eruption of solar material and magnetic fields from the Sun's surface, was set to hit Earth late Tuesday into Wednesday. Coronal mass ejections, known as CMEs, usually generate spectacular displays of aurora borealis in northern U.S. states.

The northern lights were visible in several U.S. states on Tuesday night, including areas across Idaho, such as Boise, Nampa, Pine,

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