It wasn’t just the balloons at the Fiesta that were glowing last week. 

The Northern Lights, a natural display of light in the Northern Hemisphere, lit up New Mexico Thursday night with a colorful, bright sky.

Thanks to a severe solar storm, the spectacle could be seen throughout Northern New Mexico on Oct. 10, including in the East Mountains.


Kevin Hendricks is an editor with nm.news where he oversees Sandoval County newsrooms. A native of Southeast ABQ, he reported for the ABQ Journal and Rio Rancho Observer before joining nm.news in 2024.

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