The Northern Lights are seen shimmering over Vernon in this photograph taken by Richard Hues. | Credit: SUBMITTED/ Richard Hues

iN PHOTOS: Northern lights blazed in the Kamloops and Okanagan night sky

The aurora borealis could be seen big and bright across the northern hemisphere over the weekend due to a geomagnetic storm washing against the Earth’s magnetic field.

Despite cloudy periods, photographers in Kamloops and across the Okanagan were able to capture a whole array of colours as the lights danced across the skies Sunday, Nov. 6.

The geomagnetic storm reached a strong intensity and measured a Kp5 on the K-index, a scale scientists use to measure the disruption to Earth’s magnetic field giving observers just one night to watch the light show. The magnetic activity has since settled down with the Space Weather Prediction Centre showing low magnetic intensity and currently a low chance of observing the aurora in BC. 

If you were able to capture a great photo of the lights you want to share, send it to news@infonews.ca.

Green and gold aurora borealis are shown shimmering in skies over Armstrong. | Credit: SUBMITTED/ Leanne Gustavson

The Northern Lights are seen shimmering over Vernon in this photograph taken by Richard Hues., Northern lights are seen in the sky and reflected on the Okanagan lake in Penticton. Credit: SUBMITTED/ Erin Tilley

The Northern lights shimmer over the grasslands in the Kamloops area. | Credit: SUBMITTED/ Dennis Kitto

Shane Groot of Penticton caught the Northern lights and city lights reflected on Okanagan Lake. | Credit: SUBMITTED/ Shane Groot

Many shades of colour can be seen in this photo of the aurora borealis dancing over the grasslands of Kamloops. | Credit: SUBMITTED/ Cathy Suttill

The glow of Northern lights are caught in this photo taken in the Kamloops area. , Hayden Scott took this photo of the Northern lights and starry sky reflected on a lake near Kamloops. Credit: SUBMITTED/ Hayden Scott

The Northern Lights are seen shimmering over Vernon in this photograph taken by Richard Hues., The glow of Northern lights are caught in this photo taken in the Kamloops area. Credit: SUBMITTED/ Kimberly Jonsson

The Northern Lights are seen shimmering over Vernon in this photograph taken by Richard Hues., Katelyn Falkner took this photo of the Northern lights over Blind Bay in the Shuswap. Credit: SUBMITTED/ Katelyn Falkner

The Northern Lights are seen shimmering over Vernon in this photograph taken by Richard Hues., Crystal Kassam captured a shooting star in her photo of the Northern Lights in Coldstream. Credit: SUBMITTED/ Crystal Kassam

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Shannon Ainslie

Shannon Ainslie brings a background of writing and blogging to the team. She is interested in covering human interest stories and engaging with her community of Kamloops.

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