Stunning images show northern lights shining across the U.S.
CBSN
People across the northern United States and parts of Canada witnessed a brilliant atmospheric phenomena on Sunday into Monday morning, as the aurora borealis — known more commonly as the northern lights — appeared in night skies from California to Maine and beyond.
The uncharacteristically large viewing area stretched as far south as North Carolina and Washington, D.C., where aurora borealis sightings are especially rare, and touched a number of other areas in the West, Midwest, Southwest and Great Plains regions. Reports of northern lights sightings emerged alongside stunning images and time lapse videos out of Wyoming and Illinois.
The National Weather Service branch in Riverton shared multiple photos of colorful light displays over their office in central Wyoming.
