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This is just the latest round of northern lights that have been visible across the northern U.S. this year. It’s all thanks to the sun flipping its magnetic poles, an activity it does over an 11 ...
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The northern lights — also called aurora borealis — could be visible in Alaska, Washington, Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota, Michigan, Maine, northern parts of Idaho, Wyoming, Iowa, New York ...
The stronger the storm, the more likely that areas in lower latitudes will see the northern lights, experts said. This weekend’s magnetic storm could appear in areas near cities such as New York ...
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While observing auroras — the Northern and Southern Lights — is a truly awe-inspiring and often breathtaking experience, the images that come out of modern-day DSLR cameras do not match what ...
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The northern lights display, also known as the aurora borealis, is set off by geomagnetic storms, which are caused by coronal mass ejections, or eruptions of materials on the sun’s surface.