Northern lights dance across the night sky in northern Ont.
The Northern Lights put on another spectacular show last week, with shades of blue, red, pink and green rippling across the night sky.
The Northern Lights put on another spectacular show last week, with shades of blue, red, pink and green rippling across the night sky. A listener submitted photo of the Northern Lights over northern Ontario on October 10, 2024. (Sudbury's Pure Country/Facebook | Photo credit: Angie Luoma)
The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) predicted the Aurora Borealis would be visible across much of the country on Thursday but it was unclear how much of it could be seen from northern Ontario.
According to their latest forecasting models, there’s a chance Ontario could see the Northern Lights for a second time over Thanksgiving weekend.
The strong auroras in the night sky are because of recent coronal mass ejections, or eruption of solar material, towards Earth. When those electrons reach our planet they collide with oxygen and nitrogen atoms in our upper atmosphere, releasing that energy in the form of light.
A view submitted photo of the Northern Lights in the night sky over Elliot Lake on October 10, 2024. (Supplied/Leigh Cahill)
In May, northern Ontario was also treated to an astonishing display of the Aurora Borealis.
But it’s not often that we see it more than one night in a row.
A listener submitted photo of the Northern Lights over Little Italy in the Greater Sudbury community of Copper Cliff on October 10, 2024. (Sudbury's Pure Country/Facebook | Photo credit: Richard Mitchell)
"This is quite rare and only in the years where solar activity is the highest does it happen for a few nights," Ethen Sun, an astronomer at the Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Toronto, told CTV News in an email.
A view submitted photo of the Northern Lights in the night sky over Greater Sudbury's south end on October 10, 2024. (Supplied/Tia Eastman)
Cloudy skies and light pollution can impact viewing, so the northern lights are best seen in clear skies and away from major sources of light, such as large cities.
Additionally, Dunlap said the further north you live, the better the celestial show is likely to be.
A listener submitted photo of the Northern Lights over Lake Wahnapitae on October 10, 2024. (Sudbury's Pure Country/Facebook | Photo credit: Pam Fortune-Patry)
Many viewers sent CTV Northern Ontario their pictures of the northern lights last week and our friends at Sudbury’s Pure Country solicited photos from their listeners on social media.
A listener submitted photo of the Northern Lights over northern Ontario on October 10, 2024. (Sudbury's Pure Country/Facebook | Photo credit: Lynn Kennedy)
With it being ‘spooky season’ some northern Ontario residents took the opportunity to create some unique Halloween photos.
A view submitted photo of the Northern Lights in the night sky with someone in a Ghost Face mask in northern Ontario on October 10, 2024. (Supplied/Kayla Snider)
Click the viewer below for more photos of the Aurora Borealis in northern Ontario or check out this photo gallery.
Got a photo you'd like to share? Please send us an email at weather.pictures@bellmedia.ca.
-- With files from CTV News, CTV News Toronto and CTV News Kitchener
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