Northern lights glow over trees in Xilingol League in northern China's Inner Mongolia region early Sunday, May 12. Max Slovencik/APA/AFP/Getty Images The northern lights are seen in a rural area west of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Friday, May 10. Courtesy Luke Culver People photograph the northern lights from Whitley Bay, England, on May 10. Courtesy Jan Reed The northern lights glow in the night sky in Brandenburg, Germany, on May 10. 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.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 12, 2024 16:31 UTC