DETROIT – The Northern Lights could be dancing in Michigan skies this week!
Here's what Local 4 Caster Paul Gross says about our chances here in Michigan:
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The sun has become very active lately, and a large sunspot facing the Earth has sent an accelerated stream of charged particles toward Earth.
As we’ve learned in the past, North Lights are very fickle, and are tough to forecast. However, The Space Weather Prediction Center is suggesting that the Aurora Borealis will push south Wednesday night, and northern Michigan may get a chance to see them.
As for us here in Detroit, chances are much lower…but let’s hope that skies remain at least partly cloudy so we at least have a chance to look for them.
Back in July, the Aurora Borealis was spotted Up North and captured by Dustin Dilworth of D3 Imagery.
WHAT ARE NORTHERN LIGHTS?
The bright dancing lights of the aurora are actually collisions between electrically charged particles from the sun that enter the earth's atmosphere. The lights are seen above the magnetic poles of the northern and southern hemispheres.
They are known as 'Aurora borealis' in the north and 'Aurora Australis' in the south.. Auroral displays appear in many colors although pale green and pink are the most common. Shades of red, yellow, green, blue, and violet have been reported. The lights appear in many forms from patches or scattered clouds of light to streamers, arcs, rippling curtains or shooting rays that light up the sky with an eerie glow.