Northern lights take over the night skies in Northeast Florida. When you can possibly catch them again

If you were one of the lucky ones to see the Northern Lights in our region on Tuesday, there may be another opportunity to see pink skies at night.

While seeing Northern Lights in our region is rare, a “severe (G4) geomagnetic storm lit up skies across the Northern Hemisphere overnight (Nov. 11-12), with vivid northern lights visible across Canada, the U.S, and as far south as Mexico," according to Space.com.

How do these lights occur?

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) explains the Aurora (aka Northern Lights) as: the name given to the glow or light produced when electrons from space flow down Earth’s magnetic field and collide with atoms and molecules of the upper atmosphere in a ring or oval centered on the magnetic pole of Earth. The collisions produce light