'It's not something you see every day.'
The northern lights appear in the sky on Jan. 8, 2017 near Ester Dome mountain about 10 miles west of Fairbanks, Alaska. It's possible they'll be visible in parts of Northern California.indicate it’s possible for parts of Northern California to see auroral activity from the northern lights early Wednesday evening into Thursday morning after a strong solar eruption headed directly toward Earth at a speed of approximately 1.
That wind interacts with Earth’s magnetic field, which then acts as a shield to deflect those particles and protect us inside. But as some of the plasma gets trapped in the magnetic field, it has the potential to travel down through the poles and interact with the Earth’s atmosphere, producing light known as the auroras.
If the solar wind is particularly strong due to eruptions or explosions in the sun’s atmosphere, it generates a“When a burst impacts Earth’s magnetic field, it buffets it, causing fluctuations in the field that agitate the trapped electrical particles, thus energizing the interaction with the ionosphere,” said Burress. “When this happens, auroras become stronger, brighter and often more widespread.
This is expected to occur later tonight if conditions are favorable, with dark skies and little to no cloud cover. An aurora is POSSIBLE to see in extreme Northern California tonight into tomorrow morning. Solar winds ejected from the sun on March 28th will interact with our atmosphere tonight. Shout out to my guy
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