October 28: October Skylights
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As the year passes, days in the Northern Hemisphere get significantly longer, thus making October a good month for spotting various auroras. On Octover 24th a solar coronal mass impacted the planet Earth's magnetosphere thus creating massive auroral displays. These create a massive display of bright Red and Green colors that gleamed in the night sky. Auroras were reported as far sotuh as Alabama, Kansas, and Oklahoma. The red color came from the excitation of Oxygen Atoms.
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