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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - A geomagnetic storm that hit Earth Tuesday night made it possible for some to see the northern lights in north Georgia.

The peak viewing window was from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. Wednesday, but sky gazers may be able to capture a glimpse of the lights in the evening as well.

Karisa Zdanky, an astronomer with Tellus Museum, added, “...the Northern Lights happen pretty often actually up north. But, what happens is that the sun has an 11 year cycle, and we’re somewhat near solar maximum right now, which means that those outbursts from the sun that excite the gases in the atmosphere up there are strong enough to excite the gases farther south from where they usually do, which is why there’s been a good few that have been visible for us.”

Residents across north Georgia, including areas with plenty of light, like the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and Alpharetta, captured images of the aurora by using their phone cameras in night vision mode and looking north.

The geomagnetic storm was significant enough to give the region a rare chance to see the aurora this far south.

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Although the lights appeared more subdued than vibrant displays seen in northern latitudes, the aurora remained visible through camera technology even in areas with substantial artificial lighting.

Zdanky also offered, “...for where we are, you will need probably your phone or some sort of camera to really see some of the nice coloration for the lights. Also, you’re definitely going to want to look towards the north, so if you are South of the city, you’re going to want to travel past the city so that. That way you don’t have the lights impeding with the view.”

Viewers hoping to catch another glance at the phenomenon should bring their patience and a jacket, since the lights can take time to show up on cameras. A compass (or an app on an android or iPhone), can also guide hopeful gazers towards the northern part of the sky if stars are hard to view.

The Space Weather Prediction Center says G4 conditions may be observed again Wednesday night

ATLANTA — A beautiful display of the Northern Lights were viewed across north Georgia skies Tuesday night. Hues of red and green were spotted and captured for the first time this year. We may not be done with the northern lights quite yet.

The Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) says G4 Geomagnetic Storm Conditions were observed Tuesday night. The SWPC is forecasting another Coronal Mass Ejection to arrive at earth early this afternoon, November 12th. This could again send the northern lights southward as the sun sets.

Coronal Mass Ejections, or CMEs, are explosions of plasma and magnetic fields from the sun that are hurled towards Earth at high speeds. the billions of tons of material released in CMEs can take between 1 to 4 days to travel to Earth.

According to the SWPC, the incoming CME was released on Monday, November 10th and could push the Kp index to an 8 again as it arrives.

"Space weather conditions are reported from the Space Weather Prediction Center on a 1-5 scale, and there are three types of forecasts," Dr. Morris B. Cohen, professor of electrical and computer engineering at Georgia Tech, said. "There is G1-G5 that captures the effects on power systems and spacecrafts, S1-S5 to capture radiation hazards for astronauts and even flight crew, and R1-R5 to capture effects on radio communication and navigation systems."

The Kp index, or Planetary K-Index, is a scale from 0 to 9, that characterizes the strength of disturbances impacting Earth's magnetic field.

Tuesday evening, the Kp index rose as high as 8.6. It is forecast to be around an 8 this afternoon, but daylight will prevent northern lights from being seen in Georgia at that point. This evening, the Kp index is forecast to reach above a 7.5.

With a Kp index of 8, the northern lights can be visible as far south as the Georgia - Tennessee state line but on the bottom of the horizon and often too faint to see by yourself. The easiest way to see them in these cases is often with long-exposure photography. Light pollution can easily ruin these chances.

How we get the Aurora is closely connected to chemistry! Electrons colliding with the upper reaches of earth's atmosphere create the Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) and Aurora Australis (Southern Lights).

"The coronal mass ejection bumps into the magnetic field of the earth, deforms it, and that leads to acceleration of particles that hit our atmosphere and ionize oxygen and nitrogen," Dr. Piet Martens, professor of solar physics at Georgia State, said. "When that ionization goes back to its rest trace, these ions emit light, and it could be green light, blue light, or red light, depending on the ion."

The most easily spotted color with G4 storms from the vantage point of Georgia is red, faint on the bottom of the horizon. This is because that red color is created from oxygen particles highest up in the atmosphere, above 200 km in height.

Green auroras are created with collisions with oxygen particles between 100 and 200 km above the earth's surface.

Solar Storms aren't all good. They can play huge implications on our power grid, spacecraft operations, radios, and satellites. The magnetosphere protects us here on earth.

"There are negative implications," Dr. Martens said. "One of them is you get more radiation in aircraft on transpolar flights. So if you fly from Shanghai to New York, you go pretty much over the pole and you can get high radiation doses. If you get that a couple of times, which, like the pilots could have, then that could could cause cancer. In the future, when we go back to the moon, the radiation from those events also could potentially even kill astronauts."

The principal users affected by geomagnetic storms are the electrical power grid, spacecraft operations, users of radio signals that reflect off of or pass through the ionosphere, and observers of the aurora.

"Yesterday we saw G4 and S3 conditions, but no R hazard was reported," Dr. Cohen said. "So this particular storm, yesterday, did not seem to have as much of an impact on radio communications. However, a third CME is, we believe, on the way and should hit sometime this afternoon. According to SWPC, there is a 55% probability that the radio disruption will reach the R3 level or higher in the next 24 hours. R3 is not strong enough to degrade GPS accuracy, we see that usually at the R4 and R5 levels."

If you think you may be seeing a faint red or green color, try photographing it with your phone. You don't need any special equipment. Just turn on a 2 or 3 second exposure. Your phone will capture the northern lights much easier this way!

Snow is expected to cap North Georgia’s tallest mountains Monday afternoon after metro Atlantans woke up to freezing temperatures for the first time this season.

Morning temps in the 20s and 30s are a drastic change to the weekend’s comfortable weather. Don’t worry, though, we’ll get another taste of the 70s before winter officially starts Dec. 21. But first, we have to get through this freeze.

“You can hear the cold coming in,” Channel 2 Action News meteorologist Brian Monahan said. “That means we talk wind chills that are very, very low. Make sure we have that heaviest winter weather gear, that heavy puffy coat ready to go today.”

Snow is expected to cap North Georgia’s tallest mountains Monday afternoon after metro Atlantans woke up to freezing temperatures for the first time this season.

Morning temps in the 20s and 30s are a drastic change to the weekend’s comfortable weather. Don’t worry, though, we’ll get another taste of the 70s before winter officially starts Dec. 21. But first, we have to get through this freeze.

“You can hear the cold coming in,” Channel 2 Action News meteorologist Brian Monahan said. “That means we talk wind chills that are very, very low. Make sure we have that heaviest winter weather gear, that heavy puffy coat ready to go today.”

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Parts of Georgia face a risk for hail, damaging winds and a possible tornado due to impending storms through Saturday, forecasters said.

Storms are expected to hit parts of Georgia starting Friday night, bringing a risk for hail, damaging winds and a possible tornado through Saturday.

This means hail up to an inch and 40 to 60 mph damaging winds are possible in west Georgia, the National Weather Service said they cannot rule out a brief, isolated tornado.

Including metro Atlanta, a cold front will blow through north and central Georgia Friday night into early Saturday morning. The front could be accompanied by showers and isolated thunderstorms, although the severe weather risk in these regions are low.

The storms, possibly becoming strong, could carry into Sunday in the metro and surrounding areas, the NWS said in its hazardous weather outlook.

This is all before Monday, when north Georgia is slated to freeze. The NWS said an "area-wide hard freeze" is becoming more likely early Tuesday morning, when temperatures could drop at or below 28 degrees in the north and central areas.

"Please make plans for any sensitive vegetation and complete any winterization of outdoor exposed plumbing," the NWS said.

Weather officials predicted Georgia will see its first freeze, or frost, next week.

The blast of cold air is expected to chill the East Coast, potentially bringing snow to the Midwest, AccuWeather reported Thursday. But, in the eastern region, wintry temperatures may very well be rampant even though it's technically still fall.

"Temperatures will feel more like mid-December or even Christmastime in many places by next week," AccuWeather Lead Long-Range Meteorologist Paul Pastelok said. “This will be the first taste of wintry weather for millions from this weekend to early next week, with a dramatic temperature drop and blustery winds. The surge of chilly air will also briefly reach parts of the Southeast."

Weather officials encourage residents to take heed to any possible frost or freeze warnings.

Here is the National Weather Service's Friday morning forecast for metro Atlanta:

Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 74. Southwest wind 5-10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.

Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 3 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59. South wind around 5 mph becoming west after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent.

Saturday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 74. West wind around 5 mph.

Saturday Night: A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1 a.m. Partly cloudy, with a low around 58. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 40 percent.

Sunday: A slight chance of showers before 10 a.m., then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., then a slight chance of showers after 4 p.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 68. West wind 5-15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20 percent.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 34.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 43.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 29.

Veterans Day: Sunny, with a high near 50.

Tuesday Night: Clear, with a low around 35.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 63.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 44.

For nearly five decades, Atlanta-based painter Corrine Colarusso has turned to the natural world for visual language and metaphoric depth. Her new exhibition, “Runaway Universe,” on view Nov. 8, 2025–Jan. 10, 2026, at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia (MOCA GA), continues that exploration through large-scale paintings that capture the fleeting, transformative qualities of light, weather, and time.

From the mirrored waters of the Okefenokee Swamp to the transient glimmer of twilight, Colarusso’s canvases vibrate with motion and reflection, worlds that seem to breathe and shift as you look. The exhibition is part of MOCA GA’s Working Artist Project, curated this cycle by Apsara DiQuinzio, senior curator of contemporary art at the Nevada Museum of Art. Following its Atlanta debut, a selection of works will travel to the Hunter Museum of American Art in Chattanooga (Jan. 30–Apr. 30, 2026), accompanied by a catalog essay by Walker Mimms.

In advance of her opening, Colarusso spoke with Rough Draft Atlanta about painting the imperceptible, finding focus in Georgia’s landscapes, and what she calls the “everyday spectacular.”

Your exhibition title, “Runaway Universe,” suggests both cosmic motion and escape. What ideas or sensations were you chasing as you created this body of work?

The title has several meanings. I’m interested in painting visual events that are hard to see or that happen very quickly—like clearing skies after a storm or changes in the air before rain. I’ve made paintings that visualize twilight as it descends and incorporates a landscape.

There’s a painting in the show called “Mirage,” where the sky and the reeds below merge and dissolve into each other. It refers to an atmospheric phenomenon that makes objects appear displaced, and it also underlines the illusion of what you see, because it is a painting.

My work wouldn’t be categorized as environmental activism. However, who among us isn’t aware of how quickly our world is changing—environmentally, politically—beyond our ability to catch up? I look at my country these days and I see a stranger. ‘Runaway Universe’ seemed to cover all the bases of what I’m painting and how I’m feeling right now.

You’ve described your paintings as “a way to know the fugitive world.” How do you translate something so ephemeral into form and color?

We all go about our lives trying to know the fugitive world. For me, painting—and paint itself—has been a dedicated engagement with that mystery. The fact that marks, lines, color, and material assembled together can move people is still astonishing to me.

Sometimes I feel like I’m just beginning to understand how to paint. The large paintings are like voyages that take months to complete. The smaller ones are like short stories—you try to offer a complete arc of visual information in a compressed format.

Much of your work draws from Georgia’s natural landscapes. How has living and working in the South shaped your visual language?

When you’re young, you search in many directions to find footing. It’s ironic that my first trips to the Okefenokee—the “land of trembling earth”—helped me feel so grounded. I was moved by the shaggy landscape, the tannin-mirrored water. That experience made me abandon my trepidation about painting landscape, a genre often burdened by sentimentality.

Over time, my language has shifted. The landscapes, though based on observation and drawing, now serve as parallel worlds linked to inner selves.

You’ve spent decades teaching, exhibiting, and mentoring artists. How does this Working Artist Project fellowship fit into your artistic evolution?

My time teaching helped me become a better painter. Traveling to see great art and great landscapes continues to give me energy in the studio.

The Working Artist Project fellowship, conceived by Annette Cone-Skelton, has been extraordinary—the financial support, the catalog and essay by Walker Mimms, and my wonderful studio assistant, Nina Gonzalez Rubio. I hope this exhibition lives up to the expectations of the fellowship. Let’s call it my “November Portfolio.” Maybe there’ll be a retrospective one day—and we’ll call that the “December Portfolio.”

We live in a time when technology often feels more natural than nature itself. How do you hope this exhibition reconnects viewers to the “everyday spectacular”?

The natural world is there for the taking wherever you look. Grand places transport us quickly, but the immersive experience lies within us. The everyday spectacular can deliver—but it’s up to you to make it so. Perhaps my paintings will remind people to just look around.

This show will later travel to the Hunter Museum. What does it mean to see this work move beyond Atlanta?

It’s wonderful to show work in your hometown and also gratifying to share it with a wider audience. About one-third of the show will travel to the Hunter Museum of American Art in Chattanooga as part of the Hunter Invitational 5, curated by Nandini Makrandi. The gallery there is over 5,000 square feet, so it will look and feel a bit different. I’ll be giving an artist talk there on Mar. 5, 2026.

‘Runaway Universe” is on view Nov. 8, 2025–Jan. 10, 2026, at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia. The opening reception is Saturday, Nov. 8, 3–5 p.m. A catalog with an essay by Walker Mimms accompanies the exhibition.