Northern Lights + Solar Eclipse = Wow

NORTHERN LIGHTS + SOLAR ECLIPSE = WOW

Today, the first day of northern spring, Arctic sky watchers could witness something rare and wonderful: Northern Lights during a total eclipse of the sun.  Earth's magnetic field is still reverberating from a CME strike on March 17th that sparked the strongest geomagnetic storm of the current solar cycle. As the spring sun rises on March 20th, auroras are still dancing around Arctic Circle. Those auroras could emerge in "broad daylight" later today when the new Moon blots out the sun, producing a total eclipse visible from Svalbard, the Faroe Islands, and many ships at sea: animated eclipse map.
Rayann Elzein was waiting for the eclipse in Svalbard on March 19th when he saw this ray of green lance across the sky:

"Luckily the clouds parted here in Svalbard around 1 a.m.--just in time to see a nice Aurora strip in the sky!" says photographer Rayann Elzein. "Why just in time? Here at 78°N days are getting longer very fast this time of year, and dawn was already underway at 1 a.m. as you can see on the photo behind the mountains. Tonight the weather forecast is much better so lets hope for more auroras. And of course stay tuned for all the stories about the solar eclipse!"
Will sky watchers in Svalbard see a total eclipse and auroras at the same time?! NOAA forecasters estimate a 35% chance of polar geomagnetic storms on March 20th as Earth exits the CME's wake.

From SpaceWeather.com