On Saturday evening the residents of the Northern United States had the opportunity to see one of the most beautiful and unusual natural phenomena – the Northern lights.
The Northern lights, or Aurora Borealis, occurs because of processes occurring in the Sun.
The hot gas cloud that envelops the Sun constantly emits particles and fragments of atoms. Such flows are called the solar wind. When the solar wind reaches the Earth, its particles are caught in its magnetic field. The magnetic field emanating from the North and South poles, pull charged particles into the atmosphere.
Charged particles from the Sun cause the air of the earth’s atmosphere to shimmer with different colors — this is the Northern lights.
It is usually seen in more Northern latitudes, but on may 23 the Sun was a large emission of particles, called a coronal mass ejection mass, — reported in the Center for weather forecasting in space (Space Weather Prediction Center).
That’s why Northern lights was visible in the Northern United States, Canada and some European countries.
WOW! Northern Lights seen tonight from Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Photo credit: Chris Cook. #Aurora #NorthernLights pic.twitter.com/H5FgEuoyVx
— Mark Tarello (@mark_tarello) May 28, 2017
Quick edit from tonight’s #aurora show. Just W of Bismarck, ND @TamithaSkov @_SpaceWeather_ @AuroraMAX @NorthDakota @spann #northernlights pic.twitter.com/c4ttb70it5
— Zachary Hargrove (@Zargrove) May 28, 2017
Just as the #northernlights tonight peaked, the clouds moved in in Maine. Would have been awesome. @TamithaSkov @Aurora_Alerts @NorthLightAlert pic.twitter.com/P0cenkGfVe
— Barbie West (@12truewest) May 28, 2017
