One more chance to see northern lights in New England Sunday?
For New England, the biggest hurdle will be the scattered clouds Sunday evening that will obstruct the viewing in spots
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Margaret Ivins
The northern lights, as seen from Singing Beach in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts.
Friday night will likely hold strong with the best northern lights viewing of the weekend, but there is still an opportunity for seeing them in Massachusetts and other parts of New England Sunday night.
It won't dip as far south or bring quite the same vibrancy as Friday, which registered as a Kp 9 — the highest level of the geomagnetic storm scale. But more charged particles at a Kp 6 will give the northern tier of the country another round for viewing.
A graphic showing the forecast for the northern lights in the United States Sunday, May 12, 2024.A graphic showing the forecast for the northern lights in the United States Sunday, May 12, 2024.
For New England, the biggest hurdle will be the scattered clouds Sunday evening that will obstruct the viewing in spots. Skies will be clear by morning, but it is questionable whether the light show will continue through then.
Look toward the north as far away from light noise as possible.
The Northern lights, also called an aurora borealis, are moving waves of lights seen in the night sky.
What causes the northern lights' colors?
These charged particles emitted from the sun take 15 hours to reach Earth and enter through the poles. As they enter the atmosphere, they interact with oxygen (pinks and greens) and nitrogen (purples and blues) and produce excited and ionized gases that illuminate a specific color based on the gas and how strong the solar storm is.
Huong Truong
Photo of the Boston Light lighthouse under the Aurora Borealis taken from Hull
Christian Shahzade
Taken around 10:30pm Friday May 10th
CatieO
Portsmouth, NH
Jon Latorella
This is a picture that I took at about 10pm in Beverly of the Northern Lights
Trina Puffer
Photo of Aurora in Newburyport a little after 10pm. Challenging to see with the naked eye, but beautiful through the phone, no filter.
Carol Bruell
Northern lights with Big Dipper from Chelmsford MA
Mark Garfinkel/NBC10 Boston
The northern lights as seen from Halford Beach in Winthorp, Massachusetts, with Revere Beach to the left
Kyle DuBreuil/NBC10 Boston
The northern lights in Lyndeborough, New Hampshire
Diane Maini
12:46am Sat May 11
sophia capobianco
I was able to catch the northern lights in Easthampton through the clouds- the most unreal thing i’ve ever seen. I never expected to see them in my home state
Roshan Shetty
Northern lights seen over Peters Hills near Arnold Arboretum, Forest Hills.
Todd Cieplinski
N lights Westfield MA
Daniel Huynh
A photo of City of Boston under the Northern Light taken from Hull
Todd Cieplinski
N lights Westfield MA
Todd Cieplinski
N lights Westfield MA
Todd Cieplinski
N lights Westfield MA
Daniel Huynh
Photo of the Boston Light Lighthouse under the northernlight while a meteor crossed by
Michael Pescaro
Jamaica Pond, Boston
Michael Pescaro
Brookline, Massachusetts
Michael Pescaro
Buckmaster Pond, Westwood, Massachusetts
Michael Pescaro
Ellis Pond, Norwood, Massachusetts
