Aurora Borealis localized entirely over northern WI last night (Photo: Ruth Miller Lindeman)

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image showing Aurora Borealis localized entirely over northern WI last night (Photo: Ruth Miller Lindeman)

zherper on December 2nd, 2023 at 01:12 UTC »

May I see it?

cjyoung92 on December 2nd, 2023 at 03:41 UTC »

Aurora Borealis? At this time of year? At this time of day? In this part of the country? Localised entirely within northern WI?

Masverde66 on December 2nd, 2023 at 04:01 UTC »

Pretty sure what you are seeing is STEVE.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STEVE

EDIT: Here is probably a more authoritative URL:

https://www.space.com/what-is-steve