NEW YORK (PIX11) – It’s the kind of nighttime light show that people tend to associate with the skies above Iceland or the boreal forests of Canada. Still, the Northern Lights were visible in all their multi-colored glory on Thursday night here in our region.
There’s a chance for an encore on Friday.
In addition, the Friday night light show may include a comet in a rare and remarkable night sky extravaganza.
The incredible images of the lights-in-the-sky phenomenon were many. They were posted across various social media platforms, with locators in places not ordinarily associated with Northern Lights.
They were in the city’s five boroughs or from suburban New York, New Jersey, or Connecticut.
Jackie Faherty, the senior research scientist and education manager at the American Museum of Natural History, explained how the Tri-state got the light show. She was asked to do so in terms that anyone could understand, and Dr. Faherty delivered.
“The sun is in an active period,” Faherty, who has a doctorate in astrophysics, said, “and when it’s active, the sun, it burps.”