Northern lights visible across U.S., even reaching the deep south, due to solar storm

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Ай бұрын

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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@HagiaFantasia Ай бұрын

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?! . . .

@maki9396 Ай бұрын

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

@sandiec6063 Ай бұрын

In New Zealand last night the clear crisp winter skies meant a spectacular show of the Southern Lights Aurora Australis.

@willcookmakeup Ай бұрын

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.

@midnightreyna6897 Ай бұрын

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 😢

@roxannevlogs7329 Ай бұрын

Our universe just beautiful

@scottd7222 Ай бұрын

World*

@simonstevenson6686 Ай бұрын

@@scottd7222Universe is beyond the world

@RandomRexy Ай бұрын

@thehalfnegativeoptimist4578 Ай бұрын

At this time of day? At this time of year? In this part of the country?

@Bells-ye3et Ай бұрын

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.

@debbiecooper1677 Ай бұрын

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.

@KOKOBC Ай бұрын

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

@grimekid666 Ай бұрын

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 😂

@Chris_klez Ай бұрын

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.

@patfulwood6946 Ай бұрын

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...

@Thecutecyanbird Ай бұрын

This looks beautiful aurora! 😊

@user-wb8vs1ty4c Ай бұрын

The aurora is beautiful🤩

@protow5041 Ай бұрын

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.

@BETTERWORLDSGT Ай бұрын

I saw the northern lights in the Pacific northwest about 30 years ago!

@deeSK8er Ай бұрын

Saw it last night in Hawaii ,!

@michaeleggleston4737 Ай бұрын

Northeastern Ohio, last night clear, saw a little purple haze in the sky but that's it, wish I could have seen more.

@matthewmendonsa3976 Ай бұрын

So you would think they would be even better in Alaska right ? Wrong. Overcast forecasted all week.

@haveapleasantday Ай бұрын

I love it 😊 Most amazingly beautiful

@GroovyVideo2 Ай бұрын

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....

@mo_1010 Ай бұрын

unfortunately it was cloudy all night here in the mid-atlantic. And its gonna be raining all night tonight too.

@SEATTL3206 Ай бұрын

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.

@timnoyes9892 Ай бұрын

A delightful sight in northern Canada 🇨🇦.

@Kikisoto28 Ай бұрын

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 KZfaq?

@13orrax Ай бұрын

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

@user-uw6zk4wy8s Ай бұрын

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.

@alexanderleach3365 Ай бұрын

Awesome spectacle!

@Drogothehusky Ай бұрын

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 !!

@elenawaltermusic 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.

@saraphinacisneros8452 Ай бұрын

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😢

@MMShaggy Ай бұрын

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.😭😭😭

@MadisonCleveland-np5tt Ай бұрын

SO PRETTY!! Wish I could have seen it were I was.

@peteredenjr.1264 Ай бұрын

Can you imagine Disney living it up with their firework shows with the northern lights in the background?

@teresital.cabrera8940 Ай бұрын

Surreal!

@suehowie152 Ай бұрын

It has been a glorious experience!

@shigshug8581 Ай бұрын

2024 is a great year for astronomy lovers, solar eclipse in April, aurora borealis in May, and planetary alignment in June....

@Angel-xo Ай бұрын

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

@alexlubbers1589 Ай бұрын

Saw them over my house in Las Vegas!

@PVFriends50 Ай бұрын

I checked this event and what do we have to do?

@aubreypassey6086 Ай бұрын

You guys are lucky

@Sir_Longdink Ай бұрын

Greetings from Toledo Washington

@Drogothehusky Ай бұрын

Olympic peninsula! 🥂💜🩷💚

@chibiprussia5574 Ай бұрын

Saw it in Washington State:) Didn't think I could

@robertjutton6079 Ай бұрын

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 🥲

@gothgirl4evr881 Ай бұрын

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.

@PrivateOGITH Ай бұрын

Everybody Comes to Acton Montana to Look at This as WELL' Because its so Dark here at Night...

@darlhuntsman5725 Ай бұрын

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 .

@BIG-WhoShotYa Ай бұрын

Saw them last night in Niagara Falls Canada!

@enckidoofalling2883 Ай бұрын

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

@conniefarmer104 Ай бұрын

Beautiful

@jackmewhalle6937 Ай бұрын

I live on the Gulf Coast in North Florida. I stayed outside for about an hour. I didn't see anything. Bummer

@Carl-ht7cg Ай бұрын

I use to see that all the time in Alaska 😎

@winko567 Ай бұрын

i did see ANY Nothern lights from where i live in DeLand Florida...

@Chapps1941 Ай бұрын

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.

@User-gr272binzowolf29 Ай бұрын

SO BEAUTIFUL

@HotDiggityDogg Ай бұрын

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 😢

@nuthouse216 Ай бұрын

BEST EXPLANATION I'VE FOUND. THANKQ ❤️

@colleensimpson7944 Ай бұрын

Haven’t seen anything yet in south central Indiana

@shrikrishnabidkar3546 Ай бұрын

So fortunate ! Could see the real but rare beautiful phenomenon of "Northernlight" in sky !

@RoxanneM- Ай бұрын

So cool.

@tnmsfl2007 Ай бұрын

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, 😔

@MrReierz Ай бұрын

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.

@AaAazaAsaaG Ай бұрын

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

@devincreislerstudios Ай бұрын

Going to watch them again tonight!

@amandacresswell2799 Ай бұрын

Those northern lights are so very beautiful.

@AaradhyaChauhan-ht5ux Ай бұрын

wow i never knew about it but at what time of year dose the Northern light hapen

@anthamh Ай бұрын

is it gone for good or can i see it again on sunday/today?

@oceanblueheart1472 Ай бұрын

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.

@Tylnorton Ай бұрын

Seeing an eclipse over a month ago, and this? This is crazy!

@mariobonilla4960 Ай бұрын

Mario, Brick and Terry took off to take samples of the clouds to take them to the University of California.

@DaCrzyBeatMare Ай бұрын

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 😭

@Groundhog27 Ай бұрын

It's raining and storming like crazy here 😢

@user-gs6nm3ny4r Ай бұрын

Where from?

@CasualPower87 Ай бұрын

“The sun is really active right now” 0:27

@YourSecretIsSafeWithMe Ай бұрын

Good catch.

@theartistjodievans Ай бұрын

What TIME?

@AriessunvirgomoonlightLibraise Ай бұрын

We got it here in Southern California today

@Jackson_Weaver-34 Ай бұрын

It’s cloudy out here in Va

@davidgourdine6153 Ай бұрын

Beautiful lights ⭐

@ellataylor1957 Ай бұрын

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.

@eclair1616 20 күн бұрын

Untaught Karens we’re definitely thinking this was some sort of alien apocalypse

@auriannalong1279 Ай бұрын

It was beautiful ❤

@ahmeddjeddou Ай бұрын

💚💖 NBC News 🌏

@dgschmidt Ай бұрын

Local South Carolina forecasters had no clue. Really?

@AngelinaCruz357 Ай бұрын

The sun 🌞 ☀️ is full of surprises 😮 ✨️ 😄 ☺️ 😀 🙂

@patriciaegan7244 Ай бұрын

Use your cameras!

@roebuddy01 Ай бұрын

Magneto?

@LilPersey Ай бұрын

me living near Antartica 😭

@now12148 Ай бұрын

so amazing and beautiful😍

@esterbaque7757 Ай бұрын

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..

@mikusoxlongius Ай бұрын

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.

@coprung68 Ай бұрын

❤

@Diana45251 Ай бұрын

I wish I could have seen it 😭

@hellodarkness5644 Ай бұрын

This stuff has been driving people violently insane in my hometown.

@emmabetty8391 Ай бұрын

I stayed up until sunrise to watch them! They were immaculate!!! God is AMAZING!!!!🤩🙌❤

@gloomytrend4157 Ай бұрын

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

@JamesKonzek-xr5zy Ай бұрын

Radiation from this storm is giving me groin spots!

@LaPlaztique Ай бұрын

TMI

@BuryOurHearts Ай бұрын

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.

@AcesAndNates Ай бұрын

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.

@somaghosh2960 Ай бұрын

Spectacular views.

@sansinutube Ай бұрын

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.