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Did you spot the Northern Lights in the sky last night?

Space weather forecasters issued an alert on Tuesday for incoming severe solar storms that could produce colorful northern lights.

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An NBC10 viewer shared pictures from Pottstown, Pennsylvania, of the stunning display.

This is all thanks to a geomagnetic storm.

How northern lights happen

The sun is at the maximum phase of its 11-year activity cycle, making the light displays more common and widespread. Colorful northern lights have decorated night skies in unexpected places and space weather experts say there are more auroras still to come.

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Aurora displays known as the northern and southern lights are commonl

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