The Aurora Borealis, also known as the Northern Lights, will be visible in various states. It will include areas such as Seattle, Des Moines, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, and Halifax.
The Northern Lights: When can you see it?
The lights are visible on Wednesday. The KP Index, a measure of Auroral activity, reached Kp-5 that night. It indicates the occurrence of a geomagnetic storm.
The Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska has stated that the aurora will even intensify on Thursday with the increase of the KP index. It will make the colorful lights more prominent. Having sight of this wonderful phenomenon requires you to know a few things.
The Northern Lights are an awesome astronomical display that usually happens near the magnetic poles of the northern and southern hemispheres. Because of the solar storm, the lights will be displayed further south than normal this week.
The amazing colors are formed with the collision of charged particles from the sun’s solar wind up; it has molecules and atoms in earth’s atmosphere, mainly oxygen and nitrogen. Due to the collision, light is released, and a stunning color ray evolves, glorifying the sky. The primary color is green. However, it might vary based on location, atmospheric composition, and density.
How can you watch it?
The breathtaking northern lights will be visible in different US states like Washington, Idaho, Vermont, Wyoming, Montana, New Hampshire, North and South Dakota, Minnesota, Massachusetts, Nebraska, Maryland, Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan, New York, and Maine. It’s visible on July 12 and 13. It’s also visible in Parts of Canada, including Vancouver.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has suggested the best time to see is between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m. local time. It marks the fourth solar storm since 2019.
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