LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The Arkansas sky was plenty bright thanks to the Northern Lights on Tuesday night.
Viewers of KARK 4 News shared hundreds of photos of the Northern Lights gracing the night sky all across the Natural State.
The northern lights are a natural light display that occurs in the Earth’s high latitude areas close to the North and South poles.
When certain space weather reaches the magnetic fields, it sends particles rushing to the poles, NOAA explains. When those particles interact with oxygen and nitrogen, they can create auroras…