May 14, 2024
Farm Press writer, Whitney Haigwood watched the Northern Lights dance over a field of terminated cereal rye in Newport, Ark.
The Northern Lights appeared near Cissna Park, Ill. (Iroquois County) on Friday night over a family farm.
Northern Lights were visible in Hernando, Mississippi.
After driving around and stopping several times, Eva Dorman caught this sight at nearly 2 a.m. Saturday morning near Rockford, Ill.
Fourth generation to their family homestead, Michael and Blair Shannon, brother and sister-in-law of Whitney Haigwood at Farm Press, took in the beauty of the aurora borealis from rural Jackson County, Ark.
While seeing the Northern Lights in Minnesota might not be super rare, the colors were bright and beautiful near Lindstrom, Minn., on Friday night around 10:30 p.m.
Frank Altvater saw this display at St. Johns, Mi., at 10:46 p.m. May 11.
It's not often that the Northern Lights reach all the way to Missouri, but this year the event provided an amazing view from Missouri Ruralist editor Mindy Ward's front porch outside of Holstein,Mo. Some people missed the memo on turning off the lights-- note the small dusk-to-dawn light across the neighbor's field. Still awesome sight.
The Northern Lights glowed vividly over south-central Minnesota May 10, around 10:30 p.m.
Isbell Farms watched the merry dance of the Northern Lights over their rice farm in Humnoke, Ark.
Not as bold as other locations, but the Northern Lights still made an appearance at Marietta, Ill.
Folks near Dundee, Miss., caught the show over the weekend.
The sky was aglow near Cambridge, Iowa around 11:30 p.m. Saturday.
Outside of Greenwood, Miss., Joel Moor gazed at the radiance of the Northern Lights above his farm shop.
South Center Lake made was the perfect setting for a bright Aurora Borealis on Friday night around 10:30 p.m., just outside Lindstrom, Minn.
The Northern Lights display May 10, west of Great Bend, Kan.
Drew Flowers captured the Northern Lights over the headquarters of Flowers Farms Partnership in St. Francis County, Ark.
Drew Flowers captured the Northern Lights over the headquarters of Flowers Farms Partnership in St. Francis County, Ark.
Normally Farm Progress staff and editors are out in fields capturing images of planting, harvest and everything in between. This weekend, many of the editors, along with family and friends, turned their attention to the sky to catch a glimpse of the Northern Lights. Lucky for them, rural areas have the best viewing with lack of polluting light sources.
Staff as far south as Arkansas and Mississippi were able to see the light show in the sky, and boy, was it spectacular.
For many, seeing the Northern Lights on May 10 or 11 was a first-time experience. According to the National Weather Service, extreme geomagnetic (G5) levels seen over the weekend hadn’t been observed in the U.S. since October 2003.
If you didn’t have a chance to see the light show in the sky over the weekend, scroll through the photos here and enjoy the sights and natural beauty of the Aurora Borealis.
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