Northern lights visible across U.S., even reaching the deep south, due to solar storm
Dazzling colors lit up the night sky over the United States as the aurora borealis was visible as far south as Florida and even possibly Hawaii. NBC News’ George Solis speaks with a planetarium director to learn more about what’s causing the spectacle in the sky.
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Skinner: Good God what is happening in there?! Seymour: Aurora borealis
@Dx_Hearted
Ай бұрын
What
@Femaiden
29 күн бұрын
At this time of year?! At this time of day?! In this part of the country?! . . .
Internet went out for 10 minutes just as it was getting started !
@gothgirl4evr881
Ай бұрын
Ours did that on the 3rd 2 solar flares happened. An X class over China armt like 1039pm then another at 4am closer to the states. My internet went out almost 20 mins later.
@dbrock420
Ай бұрын
Mine didn’t go out at all, that I know of
@alexs6250
Ай бұрын
Wait until the grid out the country dies
@Bridge50
Ай бұрын
@@dbrock420mine didn't either
@katstorm13
Ай бұрын
The website that gives all the data on atmospheric conditions regarding solar storms kept going down on Friday and Saturday. I'm guessing more internet traffic than their servers could handle
In New Zealand last night the clear crisp winter skies meant a spectacular show of the Southern Lights Aurora Australis.
Sixteen times the size of Earth?! That little spot? The scale of the universe is so incomprehensible. And our sun isn't even one of the largest in space
@Dannyboy16434
Ай бұрын
Our sun is a little pin point compared to a star like vy canis majoris
@scottd7222
Ай бұрын
It's all nonsense
@Alexandra_Hill
Ай бұрын
@@scottd7222 sure thing expert
@goodgremlinmedia2757
Ай бұрын
@@Dannyboy16434UY Scuti is larger
@purplemist7
Ай бұрын
@@scottd7222Sorry to burst your bubble, but the world wasn't created in 7 days.
Hi from California! It's my dream to see these in person. I swear, it looks like magic...
@Blake4625kHz
Ай бұрын
In U P of Michigan in the pitch black of night it looks like the aliens are landing and I don’t even believe in aliens 😂
@wildcat-ne3nf
Ай бұрын
Southern or northern?
@AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Ай бұрын
@@wildcat-ne3nf can we see it in the Southern of California?
@Drogothehusky
Ай бұрын
It truly is! 😱😱😱😱
@LindaC616
Ай бұрын
RI .. We had cloud cover. Looks more clear tonight but nothing 😢
Our universe just beautiful
@scottd7222
Ай бұрын
World*
@simonstevenson6686
Ай бұрын
@@scottd7222Universe is beyond the world
@RandomRexy
Ай бұрын
Fr
At this time of day? At this time of year? In this part of the country?
Watching it from Michigan!
@sansinutube
Ай бұрын
Location?
@The_Mimewar
Ай бұрын
Saturday night? Now? I’m in Chicago and I’m looking north! I don’t see it!
@doknox
Ай бұрын
I'm in toledo ohio and saw it last night even with the city lights. I see nothing now but I guess it's supposed to be later tonight than last night. 🤷♂️
@simonstevenson6686
Ай бұрын
@@doknoxI’m in Dayton, but I haven’t seen it
@AwesomeBabyBoomer
Ай бұрын
I saw it 20 years ago or better than 20 years ago. I was driving to Stevens Point from Wausau Wisconsin. It was about 4 in the morning. I saw it in the sky, and it blew my mind. I had to pull over and got out of my car. I validated what I saw with a couple of pilots who were staying at the hotel where I was working.
this is on my bucket list to see them. and last night it rained all day and night here so there is no way we could had seen them here in sc
@SPQSpartacus
22 күн бұрын
Next year should be even bigger sun activity, you should get a chance then If not sooner.
I saw it in Fairbanks on December 29, 2023, was my second trip to Fairbanks to see it, was definitely worth it. What a great opportunity for everyone to experience this spectacle
everywhere except where i live haha
@Groundhog27
Ай бұрын
Thunderstorms here
@LilPersey
Ай бұрын
😂😂 facts
@jackmewhalle6937
Ай бұрын
I live on the Gulf Coast in Northwest Florida. I didn't see anything. Bummer.
@SUGAR_XYLER
Ай бұрын
Where.....Charlotte 😂
Watching from Edinburgh Scotland 🏴
@JJONNYREPP
Ай бұрын
Northern lights visible across U.S., even reaching the deep south, due to solar storm 0048am 12.5.24 are yer? i just walked outside and see a few clouds and nothing amazingly insane as a pop show in th sky... shame. good luck!!! p.s evidence of magnetic pole shift of north and south coming together....
@Scotsman850
Ай бұрын
Watching from Aberdeenshire, was hoping to see it again tonight but too cloudy
@ImDuDu22
Ай бұрын
UK has aliens 👽👾
@ayoolukoga9829
Ай бұрын
When these things begin to come to pass, then look up. Luke 21:28
@guynorth3277
Ай бұрын
@@ayoolukoga9829 ; Give up on your mid-evil, insecure subjective nonsense, you are tiresome and childish.
It was here in Tenn last night ❤
@dianamoore2241
Ай бұрын
I'm in Knoxville... I hope I get to see them.
@labaccident2010
Ай бұрын
My mom got a picture from Knoxville last night! Take a picture, your camera might capture what your eyes can’t see!
@joycekanadet481
Ай бұрын
MY NEPHEW LIVES IN TNN N MAN IT WAS SPECTACULAR!!!!💜
@dianamoore2241
Ай бұрын
@@labaccident2010 ..,..Hi....I have a local News channel on my phone and they had posted a picture of them. There is a window close to my bed. Maybe they will be on that side of the house, I hope...
This looks beautiful aurora! 😊
The aurora is beautiful🤩
Too much light pollution and a hill directly north of me makes it impossible :(
@divergirl8296
Ай бұрын
You may know this already, but just in case you don't, you can't always see it with the naked eye. Try putting your phone camera in dark mode and take a picture towards the northern sky. You might get lucky. I didn't know that till last night. I'm in a town with too much light and trees to my north but when I saw someone comment that on Facebook I tried it and I got a little color. Nothing like a lot of people are posting but it was something, even though the sky just looked black to me. I'm still not checking it off my bucket list yet though.
@LindaC616
Ай бұрын
@divergirl8296 I'll try that. We had cloud cover last night in RI. Seems clearer now, but nothing doing here. I've got a view of the water from my back deck, can see the bridge light, the moon, a few stars...nothing
@blaahster
Ай бұрын
Take a drive
@joycekanadet481
Ай бұрын
I KNOW ITS SO BRIGHT BY MY HOUSE ITS LIKE I LIVE ON A FOOTBALLL FIELD 😞
@Ely-zf4yt
Ай бұрын
At least you tried to go outside and see it. I didn't even know this was happening until AFTER it happened. I'm pretty salty about it.
I saw the northern lights in the Pacific northwest about 30 years ago!
Saw it last night in Hawaii ,!
Northeastern Ohio, last night clear, saw a little purple haze in the sky but that's it, wish I could have seen more.
So you would think they would be even better in Alaska right ? Wrong. Overcast forecasted all week.
I love it 😊 Most amazingly beautiful
I could see by eye outside Flagstaff AZ - uploaded 2 pretty good 4K videos of this - was Awesome show
@KingOfThePiratesOfTheHill
Ай бұрын
I saw them here near Prescott. Like giant white pillars going magnetic north. I took a photo with my phones infrared night mode and it came out bright pink with bright purple pillars!. I didn't even know what it was until today. I though it was like ice refraction or something....
unfortunately it was cloudy all night here in the mid-atlantic. And its gonna be raining all night tonight too.
My wife and I have been watching this evening from Billings,MT absolutely breathtaking!
@jackmewhalle6937
Ай бұрын
What a wonderful way to spend the evening with somebody you love. Once in a lifetime event.
A delightful sight in northern Canada 🇨🇦.
Watching from Brooklyn New York
@SHyoutube.
Ай бұрын
Did you actually see it?
@Kikisoto28
Ай бұрын
@@SHyoutube. what on tv?
@jamesrobloxgamingchannel8648
Ай бұрын
@@Kikisoto28light pollution in dyker heights but can you see it?
@bongbong0000
Ай бұрын
cant see it bruh in queens, my neighborhood has minimum city lighjt but cant see it.
@Kikisoto28
Ай бұрын
@@jamesrobloxgamingchannel8648 on KZread?
At this time of year? At this time of day? In this part of the country? Localized entirely within your kitchen?
@xXgoturpistolaXx
Ай бұрын
Yes
@13orrax
Ай бұрын
@@xXgoturpistolaXx may I see it?
@xXgoturpistolaXx
Ай бұрын
No
watching from Canada ❤
@Heather-lg4gq
Ай бұрын
No you're not. It's all fake
@BIG-WhoShotYa
Ай бұрын
@@Heather-lg4gq So would that mean you're fake as well?
@Heather-lg4gq
Ай бұрын
@@BIG-WhoShotYa The northern lights are a lie perpetuated by the government. If you're happy believing lies, be my guest.
Awesome spectacle!
It was AMAZING here in Washington!!! Go outside tonight, you don’t want to miss it!
@UtubeH8tr
Ай бұрын
The state or dc?
@MomOfMinions
Ай бұрын
Washington state !!
@elenawalter1855
Ай бұрын
I just went out in Charlotte, NC at 10pm, nothing
@brianSalem541
Ай бұрын
I'll be watching in Oregon. I hope it shows up.
@stopthecrazyguy9948
Ай бұрын
@@brianSalem541 No clouds for a change, that never happens.
Unfortunately it rained where I live in northern Michigan.
@MichaelDeHaven
Ай бұрын
Ditto for us. My wife and I are hoping we might be able to see something tonight, since it's clear here today.
@michaelp2952
Ай бұрын
Clouds all weekend here in Connecticut
@LindaC616
Ай бұрын
@@michaelp2952RI. Same😢
It was seen all the way south in Naples, Florida last night, a shame we couldn't see it tonight.
@jackmewhalle6937
Ай бұрын
I had no clue this was even going on until Saturday evening. I can't believe I was inside my house and I have no clue the Aurora was going on outside.😭😭😭
SO PRETTY!! Wish I could have seen it were I was.
Can you imagine Disney living it up with their firework shows with the northern lights in the background?
Surreal!
It has been a glorious experience!
2024 is a great year for astronomy lovers, solar eclipse in April, aurora borealis in May, and planetary alignment in June....
Im from uk. I kept checking all night with my phone camera pointing up at the sky tryna fet a glimpse but nothing 😂 i give up
Saw them over my house in Las Vegas!
I checked this event and what do we have to do?
You guys are lucky
Greetings from Toledo Washington
@Drogothehusky
Ай бұрын
Olympic peninsula! 🥂💜🩷💚
Saw it in Washington State:) Didn't think I could
In Syracuse NY...not good sky conditions..but at least I saw the Total Solar Eclipse
@myrmibarra
Ай бұрын
Sky conditions also aren't that good right now down here in Long Island 🥲
Anyone know how far south into Florida they are saying they seen it and what's the best time to look?
@jackmewhalle6937
Ай бұрын
I live in northwest Florida about 5 mi from the Gulf. Apparently I missed them Friday evening. I went out Saturday evening for about an hour I saw nothing.
Everybody Comes to Acton Montana to Look at This as WELL' Because its so Dark here at Night...
Well, couldn't see em tonight on Saturday, but sort of saw them last night . I had to use my camera lense to capture images here in Utah .
Saw them last night in Niagara Falls Canada!
I got a picture from Hawaii not sure but it was pitch black pointed iPhone north and got a photo of something really not sure but man it was dark
Beautiful
I live on the Gulf Coast in North Florida. I stayed outside for about an hour. I didn't see anything. Bummer
I use to see that all the time in Alaska 😎
i did see ANY Nothern lights from where i live in DeLand Florida...
We're seeing the Aurora Australis in Australia atm; moment as well. Is that unusual that both are happening at the sane time
@An-kw3ec
Ай бұрын
Both poles get auroras at the same time. Solar storms hit earth's magnetic field first and then they channel it into the poles.
SO BEAUTIFUL
BEST EXPLANATION I'VE FOUND. THANKQ ❤️
Can't see it at all tonight in Pennsylvania. 😢
@LaPlaztique
Ай бұрын
Don’t give up, the sky is clearing. I’m outside and I’ll be on watch. I missed a lot of it last night. We also have tomorrow night as well!
@LindaC616
Ай бұрын
RI, nada 😢
Haven’t seen anything yet in south central Indiana
So fortunate ! Could see the real but rare beautiful phenomenon of "Northernlight" in sky !
So cool.
I live within the artic circle. This would've been the craziest nothern lights in my life, but ofcourse its almost summer so we can't see anything because it's sunny and bright in the middle of the night.
Attempting to watch it from Tampa Bay! 🤞
@jackmewhalle6937
Ай бұрын
How did it turn out? I live on the Gulf Coast in Northwest Florida. I didn't see anything.
@tnmsfl2007
Ай бұрын
I didn’t see anything unfortunately, 😔
finally! something positive in times of terror, truly a spectacle the Aurora borealis and the news reports
@jackmewhalle6937
Ай бұрын
Give them time they'll change it into something negative. there I go being negative again.
@AaAazaAsaaG
Ай бұрын
@@jackmewhalle6937 sadly, you're right, I was binging some more news articles of this and found a bunch on news stations/ channels fear mongering the people
Going to watch them again tonight!
wow i never knew about it but at what time of year dose the Northern light hapen
Those northern lights are so very beautiful.
is it gone for good or can i see it again on sunday/today?
Seeing an eclipse over a month ago, and this? This is crazy!
You can only see it distance away from city lights. Anyone in big cities towns, bad luck.
@katstorm13
Ай бұрын
With storms this big, cameras can pick up the lights even in big cities. I saw a time lapse video of them directly over Chicago. One time I saw them was bright colors near a large city, but I was overly tired and didn't know anything about the northern lights, so I thought it was my eyes playing tricks.
Mario, Brick and Terry took off to take samples of the clouds to take them to the University of California.
I was so upset, living in minnesota idk if we had too much light pollution in our small town but i didnt see anything friday or saturday, i was really upset! But my partner was only an hour away and he saw it just fine, this is bull 😭
It's raining and storming like crazy here 😢
@user-gs6nm3ny4r
Ай бұрын
Where from?
What TIME?
“The sun is really active right now” 0:27
@YourSecretIsSafeWithMe
Ай бұрын
Good catch.
We got it here in Southern California today
It’s cloudy out here in Va
Beautiful lights ⭐
Can someone explain why this would disrupt satellites? Please explain this as if I were a 5 year old :)
@katstorm13
Ай бұрын
Think of how magnets can affect electronics. The sun and the earth both have magnetic poles (north and south/positive negative.) Solar flares shoot out charged particles, which sometimes head towards earth.
@katstorm13
Ай бұрын
That's the part I can explain mostly accurate. The rest is how those charged particles interact with our own magnetic fields, which I can't explain very well because a lot of different stuff happens lol
@katstorm13
Ай бұрын
But... The sun has an approximately 11 year cycle, every 11 years or so the suns magnetic poles switch. Halfway between the flip we have whats called solar maximum, meaning more sun flares. We're currently in solar maximum until about 2026, so there's potential for more northern and southern lights, and all the other magnet-y charged particles science stuff I can't explain lol
@ellataylor1957
Ай бұрын
@@katstorm13 Thank you so much for this explanation!
@sneakerset
Ай бұрын
@@ellataylor1957 NASA has provided a (1) minute video to graphically show how magnetic reconnection creates auroras for student outreach.
Untaught Karens we’re definitely thinking this was some sort of alien apocalypse
It was beautiful ❤
💚💖 NBC News 🌏
Local South Carolina forecasters had no clue. Really?
The sun 🌞 ☀️ is full of surprises 😮 ✨️ 😄 ☺️ 😀 🙂
Use your cameras!
Magneto?
me living near Antartica 😭
so amazing and beautiful😍
New Jersey is always cloudy...
@jamesrobloxgamingchannel8648
Ай бұрын
New York too
@esterbaque7757
Ай бұрын
@@jamesrobloxgamingchannel8648 Its a shame, I saw a little one long time ago..
❤
Could have just as easily been a Carrington sized event and wiped out all electric power over the entire globe. That's not just conjecture either.
@jackmewhalle6937
Ай бұрын
What is Carrington. Never mind I will Google it.
I wish I could have seen it 😭
This stuff has been driving people violently insane in my hometown.
I stayed up until sunrise to watch them! They were immaculate!!! God is AMAZING!!!!🤩🙌❤
I've always been curious about how particles from the sun reach the earth's atmosphere and then why the Aurora Borealis is only visible from the North Pole. So this could actually be a divine warning
Radiation from this storm is giving me groin spots!
@LaPlaztique
Ай бұрын
TMI
Not all true, it's that earths magnet field is weak right now.... 15 years ago this would not have been seen so far South.
@user-dm3nt4nr5j
Ай бұрын
Not only is it weak, it’s getting weaker at an accelerating rate. Couple this with the magnetic poles migrating towards the equator, what we may witness is the REAL climate change in the coming years.
@katstorm13
Ай бұрын
In 1989 there was a solar storm so strong, the northern lights were visible in Central America. In 2003 there was a large storm with lights visible at least as far south as Miami.
@katstorm13
Ай бұрын
@@user-dm3nt4nr5j per NASA... "In the past 200 years, Earth’s magnetic field has weakened about nine percent on a global average. Some people cite this as “evidence” a pole reversal is imminent, but scientists have no reason to believe so. In fact, paleomagnetic studies show the field is about as strong as it’s been in the past 100,000 years, and is twice as intense as its million-year average. While some scientists estimate the field’s strength might completely decay in about 1,300 years, the current weakening could stop at any time.''
@johnbaggus9966
Ай бұрын
Incoming pole reversal 🤔
@user-dm3nt4nr5j
Ай бұрын
@@johnbaggus9966 indicators and historical records point to that as a possibility.
A lot of old folks, who never thought they’d live to see them, got to step out onto their front porch and look up to see the skies of Greenland.
Spectacular views.
Mid Michigan - went to my nearest golf course to get an unobstructed view of the northern sky (too many trees around here), and stayed there from 11:30 until 1:30. Clear sky, but saw nothing. Do you need special glasses or what? ☹
@suehowie152
Ай бұрын
No you don't..It just wasn't with you..😞
@katstorm13
Ай бұрын
A camera picks up much more light than our eyes can. How much light pollution near you? I've seen people say they saw them with their bare eyes in California, Tennessee, North Carolina and Arizona to name a few
@katstorm13
Ай бұрын
Without a camera if you're in a dark enough area, for the most part they'll look like grey/white clouds.
There's a metal band called Aurora Borealis