It's a rare month indeed for celestial phenomenons. Not only will a blue moon light up the skies this Halloween, but now you can see the Northern Lights from the United States on Monday and Tuesday night.
It's been a long time since the earth's geomagnetic activity has brought the Northern Lights all the way south to the continental United States, but geomagnetic storm watches from The Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) indicate that the lights may be visible to the northern half of the U.S. for three nights this week, from September 27–29.
Americans in northern Idaho, northern Iowa, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin should head out between 11pm and 2am, get far away from city lights, find an unobstructed view and hope for clear skies. Viewers should also look toward the northern horizon (rather than right overhead), and though you may not see the colorful ribbons of light you'd find in Iceland or even Alaska, the show will still be beautiful.
And if you can't see the Northern Lights in person this week, you can always live stream the lights from your couch.
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