FILE - In this Wednesday, March 1, 2017 file photo, the Northern Lights, or aurora borealis, appear ... [+] in the sky over Bifrost, Western Iceland. Police in Iceland say tourists are often putting themselves at risk searching for the Northern Lights, whose spectacular streaks of color light up the winter skies at night. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Space Weather Prediction Center also expects those in states at low latitudes from Pennsylvania to Oregon to Iowa to be able to see the Northern Lights. Surprising FactTypically the best places to catch the Northern Lights are high northern latitudes during the winter in Alaska, Canada and Scandinavia. However, those in Mexico City saw the aurora in February 1958 due to “spectacular auroral storms,” according to National Geographic.

Source: Forbes October 30, 2021 21:39 UTC