Spectacular Northern Lights Pictures from July Solar Storm

By Space.com Staff
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Aurora Over Keweenaw Peninsula

Melanie Hakala Rossi

Astrophotographer Melanie Rossi caught the auroral display at Calumet Waterworks on the Keweenaw Peninsula in Upper Michigan on July 15, 2012.

Aurora Over Keweenaw Peninsula

Melanie Hakala Rossi

Astrophotographer Melanie Rossi caught the auroral display at Calumet Waterworks on the Keweenaw Peninsula in Upper Michigan on July 15, 2012.

Aurora Over Keweenaw Peninsula

Melanie Hakala Rossi

Melanie Rossi caught the auroral display at Calumet Waterworks on the Keweenaw Peninsula in Upper Michigan on July 15, 2012.

Aurora Over Wisconsin

Sean Lenz

Astrophotographer Sean Lenz took this image of the aurora over La Salle, Wisc. on July 15, 2012.

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