Northern Lights 2024 May 12

Northern Lights 2024 May 12. Here's where the aurora could visible on saturday night, may 11 and into the early morning of sunday, may 12. The northern lights are created when energized particles from the sun slam into earth's upper atmosphere at speeds of up to 45 million mph (72 million kph), but our.

When and where can you see the northern and southern lights also known as the aurora? The northern lights are caused by solar wind—streams of ionized gas originating from the sun that interact with the earth’s magnetic field, according to noaa.