Greenland, Iceland, Alaska and Northern Canada, best known for his dazzling displays a red light, green and orange juice, especially in winter.
But thanks to a Coronal Mass ejection–bursts of solar wind–which resulted in moderate levels of the storm, most of the United States were treated to an amazing light show and amazing on Monday night.
According to the National Weather Service Space Weather Prediction Center, the sky is bright in the many Nations as well as to the time of the arrival of the solar storm (when it gets dark in many countries) are made for large display of northern lights.
CNN reported that in the United States, according to SpaceWeather.com, aurora is seen in more than half of the United States, with people in places as far south as Alabama and as far West as California reports see the phenomenon.
According to the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, aurora is caused by the collision of electrons from space with the gas atoms and molecules (such as oxygen and nitrogen) from the Earth’s atmosphere. This collision resulted in the transfer of energy to the electrons, and oxygen, as a result, a quick burst of light emitted. A large number of these collisions create light that is visible to the naked eye.