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The iconic railway trestle at Rivers, MB is silhouetted against the pink, yellow, purple and green hues of a particularly strong aurora borealis early Sunday morning. An intense geomagnetic storm — caused by several strong coronal mass ejections from the Sun's outer atmosphere — hit the Earth's northern hemisphere over the weekend, creating spectacular night shows across Canada and the United States. It's the strongest storm of its kind to hit the planet in more than 20 years according to The Weather Network. (Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun)