The NOAA said the latest storm could produce northern lights as far south in the U.S. as California. Here's what you need to know.
A severe solar storm could make the Northern Lights visible across a majority of the U.S., but will the spectacular display be visible in California?According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, it's possible! The NOAA said the latest storm could produce northern lights as far south in the U.S. as Alabama and Northern California.
RELATED: Solar flare could disrupt communications, produce northern lightsNOAA said the sun produced strong solar flares beginning Wednesday, resulting in five outbursts of plasma capable of disrupting satellites in orbit and power grids here on Earth. Each eruption — known as a coronal mass ejection — can contain billions of tons of plasma and magnetic field from the sun’s outer atmosphere, or corona.
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