Video of Magnetic Field getting Hit Oct. 24th 2011 - Auroras seen in half of U.S. as far South as Tn, N.C., Ark.

The Earth got a hard hit on October 24th 2011 with a Solar Flare/CME.  It was such a hard hit that Auroras were seen in half of the U.S. as far South as North Carolina, Tennessee and Arkansas.

Here is the video of the Magnetic Field as it was being hit by the Flare/CME.



This is from Spaceweather about the Geomagnetic Storm on Oct. 24th 2011.

Indeed, the display spread all the way down to Arkansas. "When I saw the alert, I ran outside and immediately saw red auroras," reports Brian Emfinger from the city of Ozark. "Within a few minutes the auroras went crazy! Unbelievable!"

Auroras were seen or photographed in more than half of all US states including Alabama, Wisconsin, New Mexico, Tennessee, Missouri, Illinois, Nebraska, Kentucky, North Carolina, Indiana, Oklahoma, Kansas, Iowa, Maryland, New York, Montana, Ohio, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Washington, Minnesota, Maine, Michigan, Oregon, Arkansas and California. Many observers, especially in the deep south, commented on the pure red color of the lights they saw. These rare all-red auroras sometimes appear during intense geomagnetic storms. They occur some 300 to 500 km above Earth's surface and are not yet fully understood.