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iN PHOTOS: Incredible northern lights display over Okanagan, Kamloops

A sky shows orange and green northern lights with a tree silhouette in the foreground.
The aurora borealis are bright in the night sky over Sicamous. SUBMITTED/Joy Daniels

Night sky watchers in the Okanagan and Kamloops got a special treat last night when the aurora borealis turned skies all colours, including orange and red.

The celestial event on Nov. 11 seen across the northern hemisphere was thanks to a severe geomagnetic storm caused by multiple coronal mass ejections, or eruptions of the magnetic field and plasma, from the sun, according to Space.com.

A faster coronal mass ejection is on its way with another possible aurora borealis show tonight.

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Northern lights shimmer in a starry sky over Okanagan Lake in Kelowna. SUBMITTED/Roman Bartos
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Pink northern lights glow in a starry sky over Vernon. SUBMITTED/Merry Anne Banks
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Northern lights glow pink over West Kelowna. SUBMITTED/Nicole Bazil
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The sky over Kamloops is alight with northern lights. SUBMITTED/Peter Olsen
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The northern lights are reflected on Shuswap Lake. SUBMITTED/Joy Daniels
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The aurora borealis shimmers over the grasslands in Kamloops. SUBMITTED/Mehak Goyal

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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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