The northern lights are visible in Washington this week due to recent powerful solar flares, with more chances through Thursday.

Northern lights, known as aurora borealis, can be seen in the sky on Tuesday night.

The aurora borealis is lighting up the night, thanks to a relatively clear sky over western Washington Tuesday evening.

The United States weather agency has issued a G4 geomagnetic storm watch alert, implying severe storms expected.

National Weather Service offices across the United States, including Oklahoma, Washington state, Tennessee, Iowa, Idaho, South Dakota, posted images on social media of red and green lights stretching across the night sky.

The forecast "view line," or the southernmost spot where skygazers might still be able to view the northern lights, includes states as far down as Illinois and Iowa.

The Aurora Borealis was spotted in a large swath of states, including Idaho, Iowa, Missouri, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas and Washington state. Northern lights were visible as far south as parts of Florida and Alabama, a relatively rare occurrence that highlights the severity of this week's storms.

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