Northern Lights

[Jazzy]

Skies across the northernmost US states could be graced with stunning displays of the Northern Lights on Friday, blown into view by a giant "hole" on the sun.

The aurora borealis might appear in skies from Washington to New York, lighting up the night with beautiful colors, as a stream of electrically charged particles called "solar wind" hits the poles and reacts with molecules in the atmosphere.

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Have you ever seen the Northern Lights?

 

[Lamb]

I've never seen them. It's supposed to rain here tonight so I doubt they'll even be visible for me.

 

[tango]

I saw them from Norway, although nowhere near as spectacular a show as I've seen in pictures. What I saw was mostly streaks of green across a dark sky.