The night sky had visible auroras multiple nights in the South Okanagan and Similkameen after a solar storm earlier in the week.

The Aurora Borealis, the Northern Lights, could be seen on Oct. 9, and 10 and were expected on Oct. 11 and 12. 

Bringing the lights down from the Arctic Circle was a Coronal Mass Ejection from the Sun on Oct. 8. 

The associated solar flare brought warnings of impacts to radio signals and satellite systems, but for more grounded people it gave an opportunity to capture sights of the beautiful night sky alight. 

The lights did not appear quite as strong as the year's earlier CME in May when the deep streaks of colour were visible to the naked eye for hours. 

Through the lens of a camera or phone, however, they still lit up with deep greens and light pink tones, even with lights of towns and cities below them.