The Northern Lights could spread over New York state and other northern parts of the United States early this week due to a geomagnetic storm watch.
Auroras, like those including the Northern Lights, are brilliant ribbons of light weaving across Earth’s northern or southern polar regions, according to NASA.
These natural light shows are caused by magnetic storms that have been triggered by solar activity, such as solar flares or coronal mass ejections (CME).
When a solar storm comes toward Earth, some of the energy and small particles can travel down the magnetic field lines at the north and south poles into atmosphere.
There, the particles interact with gases in our atmosphere resulting in beautiful displays of light in the sky. Oxygen gives off green and red light. Nitrogen glows blue and purple.
It means Northern Lights could linger from Tuesday into Wednesday, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
The auroras could be visible across northern states in the United States, across upper Midwest states from New York to Idaho.
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