Photos capture Northern Lights over Sacramento and Northern California
Residents across Northern California and the Greater Sacramento region caught a rare glimpse of the Aurora Borealis, commonly known as the Northern Lights, on Tuesday night.
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Residents across Northern California and the Greater Sacramento region caught a rare glimpse of the Aurora Borealis, commonly known as the Northern Lights, on Tuesday night.
Millions of Americans looked to the night sky and snapped magical photos and videos of the northern lights this past weekend during the momentous geomagnetic storm.
People from the United States and Canada to the United Kingdom, Poland, parts of China and Russia saw the northern lights this weekend.
Americans were being treated to a show of the northern lights this weekend from a powerful geomagnetic storm heading toward Earth.
Parts of California could be in for an extremely rare treat into the weekend: the Northern Lights.
NOAA said people as far south as Alabama may have seen the northern lights and that the sun could expel the strongest type of solar flares over the next few days.
If you missed the northern lights where you live, these photos captured the dazzling display.
The northern lights are expected to be visible in a handful of states Thursday, July 13 – but in fewer places than initially forecast.
The forecast for the aurora borealis has changed.
"I always see strange things in the sky but this was insane," one woman who saw the mysterious spiral said.
CBS13's Chief Meteorologist Nic Merianos explains the phenomenon known as the Northern Lights, which are usually an extremely rare sight in California.
A severe geomagnetic storm hit Earth on Thursday night, prompting the lower than usual appearance of the aurora borealis.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has issued a Severe Geomagnetic Storm Alert for most of the northern half of the US.
