Hundreds of thousands of people travel north from all over the world to get a glimpse of the incredibly beautiful “northern lights.” Spectacular as they may be, there are risks associated with these lights, also called aurora borealis. Their underlying forces can be incredibly dangerous.
On Saturday, the brilliant green spectacle, sometimes even pink or red, is expected to be more powerful than usual, due to a geomagnetic storm earlier this week. As a result, the lights may be visible in parts of the U.S. as far south as New York and Chicago, NOAA reports.
