SnapJAX 📸: Insiders share magical photos of auroras illuminating night skies across Florida, Georgia

Northern lights pictures taken from Loganville, Georgia. (Shannon Browning)

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – An unusually strong solar storm hitting Earth produced magical and colorful skies across the Northern Hemisphere early Saturday.

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued a rare severe geomagnetic storm warning when a solar outburst reached Earth on Friday afternoon, hours sooner than anticipated.

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The stunning skies were visible across Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia, and thankfully, our SnapJAX Insiders did not hesitate to share their breathtaking pictures with us.

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Here are some of the best pictures uploaded to SnapJAX that were taken across our area -- and other parts of the country!

Hurst Florist

Aurora in Callahan

Callahan
ThisHappyBrit

Barely visible with naked eye but camera came through! The beautiful Aurora Borealis!

Orange Park
k_moeller

My sister in Wixom, MI was able to see the Northern lights! Here is the photo she shared with me😊

PatDunn

My niece, Jamie, saw the northern lights from Colo Springs after I passed on info to her I received from Richard Nunn last night. P Dunn Butler Beach

St. Augustine
Edward#Rhoden

You can see the northern lights tonight if you take pictures of the sky.

starkissed1992

Aurora Borealis

St. Augustine Beach
B.long

The northern lights are visible in Bryceville! This is the view the north/northwest.

Bryceville
klg0920

So beautiful.

Jacksonville

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