Northern Lights 2024 Missouri Map. The northern lights were visible as far south as florida due to an extreme geomagnetic storm, the strongest to hit earth in 20 years. The northern lights are created when energized particles from the sun slam into earth's upper atmosphere at speeds of up to 45 million mph (72 million kph), but our planet's magnetic field.
An aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights, is seen in the sky in the early morning hours of monday, april 24, 2023, near washtucna, wash. 24, 2024, near washtucna, wash.