{"id":288629,"date":"2025-11-13T06:38:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T06:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/288629\/"},"modified":"2025-11-13T06:38:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T06:38:12","slug":"fire-in-the-sky-where-to-see-the-northern-lights-tonight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/288629\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire in the Sky: Where to See the Northern Lights Tonight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For a limited time this week, you won\u2019t have to travel to Alaska or Iceland to see the Aurora Borealis, aka the Northern Lights. Residents across a swath of the U.S. will have the chance to see the enchanting phenomenon tonight.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what you need to know.<\/p>\n<p>What Are the Northern Lights?<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swpc.noaa.gov\/content\/aurora-tutorial\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration<\/a> (NOAA), the dramatic colors in the sky come from what\u2019s called \u201cspace weather.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Essentially, the sun produces a solar wind (a flow of particles) that interacts with Earth\u2019s magnetic field. When the solar wind is strong enough, electrons from space collide with electrons in Earth\u2019s atmosphere, producing bright lights. Most often, the lights appear as waves of green, but they can also be red, blue, pink, and purple.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"568\" height=\"378\" loading=\"eager\" importance=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Untitled-design-2025-11-12T104623.220.png\" alt=\"northern lights in a twon \" class=\"wp-image-646711 first-image\"  \/>The Northern Lights in Colorado; (photo\/Lauren Kelsch)<\/p>\n<p>Where &amp; When to See the Northern Lights<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swpc.noaa.gov\/products\/aurora-viewline-tonight-and-tomorrow-night-experimental\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NOAA<\/a> reported that the states across the northern U.S. are most likely to see this enchanting phenomenon. The following states have the best chances: Washington, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Michigan. <\/p>\n<p>For the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swpc.noaa.gov\/content\/tips-viewing-aurora\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">best chances<\/a> of aurora viewing, head out near midnight (between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m., local time). <\/p>\n<p>\u201cFind a place where you can see to the north \u2026 Given the right vantage point, say for example on top of a hill in the northern hemisphere with an unobstructed view toward the north, a person can see aurora even when it is 1,000 km (600 miles) further north,\u201d NOAA said.<\/p>\n<p>Keep in mind that local weather, light pollution from city lights, and a full moon can impact how well you\u2019re able to see the lights. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For a limited time this week, you won\u2019t have to travel to Alaska or Iceland to see the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288630,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[192,79],"class_list":["post-288629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=288629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/288630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}