The northern lights shed light on the night sky in Grand Bend, Ontario, Canada, during a geomagnetic storm on May 12, 2024.
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A strong geomagnetic storm in the prediction for Sunday evening could make the colorful northern lights in the USA visible, according to the space weather for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The Aurora was able to appear over a large part of the northern half of the neighboring USA, also to Northern California and Alabama, said the center.
Space Weather officers discovered a solar flacker on Friday, which was connected to this geomagnetic storm, and the National Weather Service Offices from Rapid City, SD, to Spokane, Washington, have photos of the Telltale Green and Purple Streaks in the Sky, which were previously captured on Sunday Streaks published.
The geomagnetic storm, which is expected to last until late Monday, is stimulated by a continuing coronal mass output, the occurrence when the sun spits out large amounts of plasma and magnetic field into space.
This disorder in the sun wind can rattle the magnetosphere of the earth and cause problems on our planet. Federal civil servants say that a G3 (strong) or G4 (severe) geomagnetic storm is possible, a weather that disrupt electricity systems could hinder satellite operation and hinder radio communication.
The space weather forecast said that although the coronal mass outlets are weaker, increased sun wind conditions could still lead to a significant cosmic event.
The northern lights caused by sun wind, which hit the magnetic field and the atmosphere of the earth, are usually best viewed in a dark environment at night or early in the morning.