So late nighttime or early morning dark tends to be best.
Can you see the northern lights in minnesota tonight.
The further away from those earth based light sources the better for seeing the northern lights.
The aurora borealis or northern lights will be visible over minnesota this week.
You can see them in the mainland united states and minnesota is one of the best states to view them.
This week the space weather prediction center of the national oceanic and atmospheric.
The northern lights will be visible over the u s.
The northern lights also called the polar lights or aurora borealis have been seen as far down as the middle of ohio and missouri but they extend further overhead the more north you go.
It s the result of a geomagnetic storm caused by the sun s new period of activity.
The northern lights could be visible across the northern areas of the united states on tuesday september 29.
Here s how to see it.
If you live in one of these states you might be able to spot the northern lights from your backyard tonight.
Thanks to our northern location and vast dark skies we in cook county minnesota are lucky enough to see them often.
But you also want few competing light sources so get away from the city lights and let your eyes adjust to the darkness.
How to see the northern lights in the us only some states with regions that hug the border of canada such as aroostook county maine and the great lakes peninsulas can hope to see the lights.
Northern lights visible in western washington tonight some people in western washington may be able to see the northern lights tonight and early tuesday morning.