Don’t Miss the Northern Lights

Posted on by onespaceman2000
Image (Credit): Northern Lights in Vancouver, British Columbia on May 11. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP)

Tonight you can still capture the Northern Lights here in the U.S. After an 11-year absence. The solar event will have the greatest show in the Ohio River Valley through the Midwest and into the Pacific Northwest (see CNN map below). Amazingly, the show was seen as far south as Florida yesterday evening.

The good news is that the solar burst has not been causing damage to the power grid and satellites. Sweden and South Africa were not so lucky in 2003.

Credit: CNN Weather/University of Alaska
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