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More North American states will have the opportunity to observe the North Lights on Friday, as the incoming geo -magnetic storm will potentially draw this trend to the south, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Predictions suggest that the incoming geo -magnetic storm will likely bring more northern lights … [+]
Key facts
Noaa Forecast KP Index five for Friday night, five, Sign The Northern Lights will be more visible in the south from the North Pole and will be “pleasant to see” for those living in the right area.
The agency is expected to interfere in the earth’s magnetic field on Saturday, a minor or more geo -magnetic storm, which increases the possibility of visible for more people in the northern lights, as the effects of the recent coronal massiveness. Reach the ground, According to Noaa’s three -day forecast.
Noaa said that the KP Index five has also been forecast for Saturday, though geographical activity is expected to be weakened by Sunday and only three KP index is expected.
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Where will Northern Lights look?
In most parts of northern Canada and Alaska, it will be more likely to see Aurora Borialis than the states located in the north of the Viewline, which gives a sweep exactly below the Canadian border. Northeastern Washington, Northern Idahu, North Montana, North Dakota, North Minnesota, North Wisconsin and Upper Michigan are less likely, while in Wooming, South Dakota, northern Iowa, northern New York, northern Vermont, New Hampshire and Main Even less likely. . (Watch the view line below.)
Friday night’s view line.
What is the best way to see Northern Lights?
Noaa suggests traveling to a higher location away from light pollution between 10am and 2pm local time. If the conditions are good, Northern Lights can be viewed 620 miles away.
What is the best way to take a picture of Northern Lights?
According to the NASA, a smartphone camera can catch arterial activity if night mode is enabled, even if the event does not appear with the bare eye. A regular camera can also catch the trend with a wide -angle lens, high ISO value and focus with the most distant setting.
Key background
The NASA said that in October 2024, the “maximum of solar” reached, which marks the rising rate of space weather, which is responsible for auroral activity, including coronal mass emissions. The sun surface activity increases and decreases over an 11 -year period, which gains “solar maximum” and “minimum”. Electron from Coronal Mass Education – A bubble of plasma that explodes from the surface of the sun – interacts with nitrogen and oxygen in the Earth environment, after the “passionate” of these gas atoms and molecules created colorful display of and rolled borelius. Do, or leave a photon. Small particles of light. According to the NASA, the strongest northern lights exhibited in the “last 500 years”, when the agency measured the strongest geo -magnetic storm to reach the ground in two decades. The incident pulled the northern lights to Texas and northern Florida in the south.
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