Lotty Riannon

Northern Lights 2024 North Carolina. Northern lights have been appearing farther south. The northern lights are created when energized particles from the sun slam into earth's upper atmosphere at speeds of up to 45 million mph (72 million kph), but our planet's magnetic field.

The northern lights lit up the night sky across the country on may 10, 2024, into may 11, including western nc, thanks to the strongest solar storm in decades. Northern lights have been appearing farther south.