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Aurora over Huntington, West Virginia

Some of the darkest skies in the eastern U.S. open over West Virginia. (Image courtesy LightPollutionMap.info)

Photographer Matthew Christian submitted this photo of an aurora over Huntington, West Virginia, captured at 2 a.m., August 31, 2019.

The Northern Lights are a rare spectacle in West Virginia, though the may be seen intermittently to the northward from lofty vantages.

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