Northern lights seen in Central Texas [Video]

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Did you look north? If so, you might have gotten a nice view of the northern lights outside city limits in Central Texas, which could be seen by multiple viewers on Thursday.

“If you go away from city lights, and point your phone cameras north with a longer exposure, you may pick up the northern lights in South-Central Texas,” the National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio said on social media.

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Some might even be able to see them with the naked eye!

A severe geomagnetic storm caused by a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) on the sun is responsible for this rare event.

Here are some photos from viewers across Central Texas.

Austin resident Sara Holland sent in these photos of the northern lights seen from Big Bend National Park.

NWS also captured a five-minute time-lapse of the northern lights viewable from the Austin/San Antonio office.

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