Aurora Borealis

Seeing the Northern Lights has always been one of the things I want to cross off my bucket list. It hasn't happened yet. Maybe this Thursday!

Friday night was pretty magical. We were watching the news and saw that there would be a chance to see the Northern Lights. Surely, we wouldn't be able to see them from our house because we live in town, and the light pollution would drown them out, right? Wrong! We were stunned to see them from our backyard.

For many of us, we have heard of this phenomenon called the Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights. Getting a chance to experience this natural light show is rare.

It's been awhile since we've had a chance at seeing the Northern Lights in the lower peninsula of Michigan, but for the next couple of nights there is a chance they may be visible this far south.

The National Weather Service says a severe geomagnetic storm that began Monday is continuing today. The storm could make the northern lights visible from Michigan tonight.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Space Weather Prediction Center has observed a severe geomagnetic storm. The storm has raised Michigan's chances of seeing the northern lights tonight.