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Photos from last week's northern lights show over the Madison area
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People armed with cameras headed outdoors Thursday evening, jamming roads, filling parking lots and traipsing through county parks and natural areas to get another glimpse of the northern lights.
A woman attempts to take a selfie with the northern lights at 9:34 p.m. Thursday in the parking lot of the Ice Age Trail in the town of Middleton.
BARRY ADAMS, STATE JOURNAL
The northern lights at 11:21 p.m. Thursday at Festge County Park between Cross Plains and Black Earth.
BARRY ADAMS, STATE JOURNAL
at 11:21 p.m. Thursday at Festge County Park between Cross Plains and Black Earth.
BARRY ADAMS, STATE JOURNAL
The headlights from a car illuminate Scherbel Road near Festge County Park at 11:41 p.m. Thursday.
BARRY ADAMS, STATE JOURNAL
On Scherbel Road near Festge County Park at 11:42 p.m. Thursday.
BARRY ADAMS, STATE JOURNAL
The northern lights dance above a farm field in the town of Berry at 11:43 p.m. Thursday.
BARRY ADAMS, STATE JOURNAL
The northern lights are seen above the town of Berry at 11:43 p.m. Thursday.
BARRY ADAMS, STATE JOURNAL
The northern lights are faint at 12:05 a.m. Friday above the building that was home to St. Martin's Evangelical Lutheran Church from 1886 to 1989 in Cross Plains. The building is now home to the Cross Plains-Berry Historical Society.
BARRY ADAMS, STATE JOURNAL
Ice Age Trail, Timber Lane at 9:33 p.m. Thursday.
BARRY ADAMS, STATE JOURNAL
The northern lights are seen at 10:05 p.m. Thursday above Shoveler's Sink, a natural area along Mineral Point Road west of Madison.
BARRY ADAMS, STATE JOURNAL
Parks, natural areas and country roads were flooded with people Thursday night as the northern lights made a dramatic appearance for several hours. A couple is seen here at Shoveler's Sink at 10:26 p.m. trying to capture the light display along with the moon that was just above the horizon.Â
BARRY ADAMS, STATE JOURNAL
A spire appears at 11:19 p.m. Thursday at Festge County Park between Cross Plains and Black Earth.
BARRY ADAMS, STATE JOURNAL
The northern lights as seen at 12:33 a.m. Friday at Lake Mendota's Spring Harbor in Madison.Â
BARRY ADAMS, STATE JOURNAL
An angler fishes for walleye at 12:49 a.m. Friday on Lake Mendota with faint northern lights in the distance.
BARRY ADAMS, STATE JOURNAL
At 9:15 p.m. over Wexford Park on Madison's Far West Side.
BARRY ADAMS, STATE JOURNAL
Oregon, Wisconsin
Julie Empey
Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, 9:10 p.m. Thursday
Bretta Z
Mount Horeb, Wisconsin
Ann Dettwiler
The Monona side of Lake Monona at 9:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 10.
Gina Templeton
Taken near Morrisonville around 9:30.Â
TIM THOMPSON
Taken at Sugar River at 11:35 p.m., Oct.10.
Robert Vogelzang
James Royea with Gizmo
Hidden View Trail, Verona
Oct 10. 9:30pm
Taken at Tenney Park in Madison, 9 p.m. Oct. 10.
Carl Zimm
UW students photographing the northern lights while standing on the piers behind the Porter Boathouse, along the Howard Temin Lakeshore Path. 10:46 p.m. Oct. 10.
Mark F DavisRelated to this collection
We're planning to publish a collection of reader photos of the northern lights that were seen in the Madison area the last couple of nights.
But mark Nov. 22 on your calendar if you still hope to buy tickets without booking through a third-party vendor.
The sun sometimes "burps" out huge bursts of energy.
Snow-making operations are kicking into high gear this week with one Madison area hill planning to open on Saturday.Â
