A bright ribbon of auroras shining over the Denmark Straight and Iceland. (Image credit: NASA Earth Observatory images by Michala Garrison, using VIIRS day-night band data from the  Suomi National Polar-Orbiting Partnership .) A minor geomagnetic storm painted the night skies over Iceland and eastern Canada with glowing ribbons of aurora on Feb. 16, 2026, and one eagle-eyed satellite spotted the show from above. These striking nighttime views were captured by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the Suomi NPP satellite, a joint mission between NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). What is it? The images show the northern lights shimmering over the Denmark Strait and across parts of Canada during a minor (G1) geomagnetic storm. On a five-level scale that tops out at G5 (severe), G1 is the weaker of the geomagnetic storms but can still produce vivid auroras at high latitudes if the conditions are right.…