The Aurora Borealis took over the skies and social media Thursday night into Friday.
Bright green and pink hues from the Northern Lights could be seen all around Western Pennsylvania.
Many other cities in the United States joined in on the fun, posting thousands of pictures on social media of skies with shimmering green, purple, red and pink hues.
Even areas as far south as Florida were able to witness the Lights.
A strong Coronal Mass Injection from the sun, or solar storm, interacted with the Earth’s magnetic field, causing the Aurora to travel farther south than it normally does.
While last night was the better opportunity, the Northern Lights may be visible in some areas again Friday night in Saturday morning.
That isn’t all the night sky will offer up tonight, a comet, known as C/2023 (the year it was discovered) A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS will be visible to the naked eye.
The comet, about 2 miles in diameter, be appear on the western horizon during twilight.
That’s about 40 minutes or so after sunset.
If you miss it tonight, you’ll be able to try and catch every night until the end of October with the comet appearing a little higher in the sky each evening.
The National Weather Service out of Pittsburgh says skies will be relatively clear to begin the evening, with clouds increasing into Saturday morning.
While you can try to see it with the naked eye, using binoculars will help.
After that, the rare comet won’t come by the earth again for another 80,000 years.