Northern Lights 2024 Us. 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. Light green and slightly reddish auroras glow in the.

From minnesota and alaska to iceland and greenland, here are the top places to view the aurora borealis. These months fall around the spring and autumn/fall equinoxes, have mild weather and are not plagued by snow cloud.