Aurora Borealis 2024 California. Northern californians were able to see the aurora borealis, or northern lights, thursday due to a severe geomagnetic spacial storm, scientists said. The northern lights were visible in southern california but shone more to the north.

“as the aurora intensifies, you see more lights, but along with that, there’s more energy entering the atmosphere, so it makes the atmosphere near the poles very hot,. Earth’s most powerful geomagnetic storm in more than two decades happened between may 10 and may 12, painting the skies with colorful auroras as far.