Northern lights and meteor showers danced across Minnesota over the weekend
The Northern Lights in St. Anthony Village, Minn., on Sunday.
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What’s better than seeing an aurora borealis show? Seeing Perseid meteor showers dancing with the lights in a cosmic spectacle. And that’s what many lucky Minnesotans and midwestern neighbors witnessed Sunday night and Monday morning.
We received dozens of photos from readers and listeners. Here are some of our favorites.
The northern lights at Grandview Resort in Nisswa, Minn., on Sunday.
Courtesy of Linh Buoen
The northern lights in Nowthen, Minn., on Sunday.
Courtesy of Karen Carl
The Northern Lights in Hutchinson, Minn., on Sunday.
Courtesy of Deb Froemming
The Northern Lights in Minneapolis on Sunday.
Courtesy of Levi Janssen
The Northern Lights in Maple Grove, Minn., on Sunday.
Courtesy of Andrew Leonard
Northern lights at Lake Maria State Park overnight on Sunday.
Cam Miller
The aurora borealis over White Bear Lake on Monday.
Dean Laman
Northern lights west of Hastings at 10:15 p.m. on Sunday.
Andrew Fluharty
The aurora borealis in McGrath in the early morning of Monday.
Lori Giebel
Northern lights and shooting stars at the end of a cabin road in Vergas on Sunday.
Margaret Tompkins
Northern lights in Nowthen around 10 p.m. on Sunday.
Tara Lynn
Northern lights in Nowthen around 10 p.m. on Sunday.
Tara Lynn
Northern lights in Nowthen around 10 p.m. on Sunday.
Tara Lynn
The aurora over the Hull Rust mine in Hibbing on Sunday night.
Audrey Reinbold
The aurora in Hibbing on Sunday night.
Audrey Reinbold
Northern lights over Leech Lake the night of Sunday.
Teresa Connor
Northern lights in Lindstrom the night of Sunday.
Rachel Marshall
Northern lights seen Sunday into Monday.
Nathan Barrett
Northern Lights captured at 1:20 a.m. on Monday over Lake Independence.
Melissa Machado
Northern Lights captured on Monday in Ham Lake at 12:59 a.m.
Caro Bernardini
A photo taken at Typo Lake, located on the Anoka-Isanti county line north of the Twin Cities, on Sunday.
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Northern lights and hundreds of stars are seen in Stacy on Monday.
Courtesy of Rochita Chatterjee
A shooting star is captured while northern lights put on a show in Scandia on Monday.
Courtesy of Laura McHugh
Northern lights are seen in Brainerd at midnight on Monday.
Courtesy of Cecile Marie
Kelli Schaust and her 5-year-old watch the northern lights in Delano on Sunday.
Courtesy of Kelli Schaust
Northern lights are seen in Nevis on Sunday.
Courtesy of Katy Freitag
Northern lights are seen above Lake Miltona in Douglas County on Monday.
Courtesy of Jay Sieling
Northern lights put on a show in Paynesville on Monday.
Courtesy of Kristin Clark
Northern lights are seen in Park Rapids on Sunday.
Courtesy of Danika Hoffmann
Explosion of Northern lights and stars in Aitkin on Monday.
Courtesy of Desiree Iniguez
Northern lights dance over Milaca on Monday.
Courtesy of Jen Kovarik-Marx
Northern lights dance over Eagan on Monday.
Courtesy of Donna Lindboe
Northern lights are seen in Champlin on Monday.
Courtesy of Stefanie Scott
Northern lights are seen above the Mississippi River in Winona on Monday.
Courtesy of Erin Van Beek
Northern lights are seen over Bald Eagle Lake on Monday.
Courtesy of Jen Denker
Aurora borealis light up the sky in Andover on Monday.
Courtesy of Kathy Boucher Oswell
Northern lights and a shooting star over Fifty Lakes on Monday.
Courtesy of Becky Strohmeier
Northern lights and light pillars are seen in Sartell on Monday.
Courtesy of Lindsey Lukason
Northern lights are seen in a St. Paul neighborhood on Monday.
Courtesy of Thomas Lampros
Aurora borealis are seen in Woodbury on Monday.
Courtesy of Madiha Reshi
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