Northern lights spotted overnight from central Iowa

Many Iowans captured the colorful phenomenon with their phones and cameras.

Many Iowans captured the colorful phenomenon with their phones and cameras.

INFLATION. WELL, THE NORTHERN LIGHTS WERE ON FULL DISPLAY OVERNIGHT. SEE IF YOU CAUGHT ANY. WE WANT TO SEE YOUR PICTURES. TAKE A LOOK AT THESE FROM A SHOW GOLDEN OVERNIGHT IN PERRY. YOU CAN SEE HOW BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL THOSE COLORS ARE. HERE IN IOWA, YOU PROBABLY COULDN’T SEE THEM WITH THE NAKED EYE VERY MUCH. YOU CAN’T SEE THEM VERY OFTEN. YOU KNOW, LONG EXPOSURE CAMERA HELPS LAST NIGHT. BUT MICHELE SAYS SHE TOOK THESE PICTURES WITH AN IPHONE A NIGHT SETTING. STORM TEAM 8 METEOROLOGIST TREY FULBRIGHT TWEETED PICTURES AS WELL. HE SAYS HE SAW THE AURORA BOREALIS IN PERSON FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS LIFE. NOT SOMETHING HE SAW VERY OFTEN GROWING UP IN THE SOUTH, DOWN IN TEXAS. AND IN FACT, MOST OF US WHO EVEN GREW UP HERE IN IOWA DON’T SEE THEM VERY OFTEN.

Northern lights spotted overnight from central Iowa

Many Iowans captured the colorful phenomenon with their phones and cameras.

The northern lights, officially known as aurora borealis, were visible throughout central Iowa Thursday night and Friday morning.KCCI viewer Michelle Golden shared photos of what she saw in Perry. Golden says she used a "night mode" long-exposure setting on her iPhone camera to capture her photos.Storm Team 8 Meteorologist Trey Fulbright also saw the lights first-hand. He tweeted pictures early Friday morning, saying it was his first time seeing aurora borealis in person.The National Weather Service says it was caused by a "severe geomagnetic storm" that affects Earth's magnetic field.If you have any pictures, email them to news@kcci.com or submit them to u Local.What are northern lights? According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the official definition of the Aurora Borealis is, “the luminous, radiant emission from the upper atmosphere over middle and high latitudes, and centered around the earth’s magnetic poles.”

DES MOINES, Iowa —

The northern lights, officially known as aurora borealis, were visible throughout central Iowa Thursday night and Friday morning.

KCCI viewer Michelle Golden shared photos of what she saw in Perry.

Golden says she used a "night mode" long-exposure setting on her iPhone camera to capture her photos.

Storm Team 8 Meteorologist Trey Fulbright also saw the lights first-hand. He tweeted pictures early Friday morning, saying it was his first time seeing aurora borealis in person.

The National Weather Service says it was caused by a "severe geomagnetic storm" that affects Earth's magnetic field.

If you have any pictures, email them to news@kcci.com or submit them to u Local.

What are northern lights?

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the official definition of the Aurora Borealis is, “the luminous, radiant emission from the upper atmosphere over middle and high latitudes, and centered around the earth’s magnetic poles.”

Northern lights spotted overnight from central Iowa

Many Iowans captured the colorful phenomenon with their phones and cameras.

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What are northern lights?

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