Northern Lights May 11-12 2024. Several geomagnetic storms since late last year have produced widely viewed auroras in the northern hemisphere, including a g3 (strong) storm in november that made the. Increased solar activity causes auroras that dance around earth's poles, known as the northern lights, or aurora borealis, and southern lights, or aurora australis.

The northern lights are the most benign result of solar activity. The northern lights are the most.