The Northern Lights were out to play last night.
One of the hot spots for people sharing photos has been the Far North.
Several readers have shared their photos of the aurora borealis — wawatay in Cree — captured on Wetum Road, the ice road between Moosonee and Highway 11.
Sharon Crawford and her son, Evan, were travelling from Moose Factory to Timmins when the lights started to dance across the sky. They snapped a number of stunning photos.
Moosonee's Jamie Job was heading north on Wetum Road when she caught the intense geomagnetic storm.
She shared a video of what unfolded on TikTok. Some of her photos are also in the gallery at the top of this story.
@jamiejob beautiful northern lights lastnight.. winter road driving.. so beautiful #random #northernlights #dancinginthesky #fyp #foryou #shethick #deadly #native #northernontario #moosonee #wetumroad ♬ original sound - Jamie Job
Lyndon Nanokeesic got out his camera a little further north than we usually cover, but the photos are too spectacular not to share.
Nanokeesic photographed the event in Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (Big Trout Lake) in Northwestern Ontario.
Yesterday wasn’t the last day to see the lights. In fact, tonight has the potential for the most intense auroras. The website AuroraForecast.com predicts an intense, active aurora with favourable conditions for major aurora activity.
Even tomorrow, Feb. 28, and March 1, conditions should be good for an elevated aurora the site predicts.
The AuroraZone.com website states the light can be visible as soon as darkness falls or begins to fall, but the most intense displays tend to appear between 9 p.m. and 2 a.m. The brightest and most intense aurora borealis occurs between 9:30 p.m. and 1 a.m.
- With files from Sudbury.com
