Thanks to our northern location and vast dark skies we in cook county minnesota are lucky enough to see them often.
Can you see the northern lights in minnesota tonight.
It s the result of a geomagnetic storm caused by the sun s new period of activity.
The northern lights could be visible across the northern areas of the united states on tuesday september 29.
If you live in one of these states you might be able to spot the northern lights from your backyard tonight.
How to see the northern lights in the us only some states with regions that hug the border of canada such as aroostook county maine and the great lakes peninsulas can hope to see the lights.
Here s how to see it.
So late nighttime or early morning dark tends to be best.
You may have a couple of chances to see the display this week in the northern parts of the country.
You can see them in the mainland united states and minnesota is one of the best states to view them.
The aurora borealis or northern lights will be visible over minnesota this week.
The northern lights also called the polar lights or aurora borealis have been seen as far down as the middle of ohio and missouri but they extend further overhead the more north you go.
The further away from those earth based light sources the better for seeing the northern lights.
This week the space weather prediction center of the national oceanic and atmospheric.
Northern lights visible in western washington tonight some people in western washington may be able to see the northern lights tonight and early tuesday morning.
The northern lights will be visible over the u s.