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Northern Lights Illuminate Skies in Rare Display

Powerful geomagnetic storm brings aurora activity to Kansas

Greg Loving

12 Nov 2025 • 1 min read

Northern Lights Over Turkey Creek, McPherson, Kan. - CREDIT Dawn Loving

MCPHERSON, Kan. — Residents across McPherson and central Kansas witnessed a spectacular display of northern lights Tuesday night as a powerful G4-level geomagnetic storm brought vivid green, purple, red, and pink auroras dancing across the prairie sky, extending the celestial phenomenon unusually far south due to heightened solar activity from recent solar flares and coronal mass ejections. The rare aurora display, visible to the naked eye and smartphone cameras from Kansas City to Hutchinson, may continue tonight, with sky watchers recommending dark, rural locations away from city lights for optimal viewing of what meteorologists describe as one of the most significant geomagnetic events to reach Kansas this century.

WOW! Tonight's solar storm is PRODUCING quite the aurora and northern lights show across the United States. And this could be a teaser for a bigger episode Wednesday night that is not just more vibrant, but further south. Go look outside! Share your view below. Red areas is the… pic.twitter.com/VsDq0XbpS4
— Noah Bergren (@NbergWX) November 12, 2025

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