I can answer this with an unequivocal "yes". Back in 1989 or 90 my brother, our girlfriends and I saw them while sitting out in a field about 30 miles west of Daytona Beach. The show went on for a couple hours and we had no idea what we were watching. Our best guess was, "What's NASA up to?". Hey, give us a break. We're from Florida and the last thing we were expecting to see was the Northern Lights.
The bright dancing lights of the aurora are actually collisions between electrically charged particles from the sun that enter the earth's atmosphere. The lights are seen above the magnetic poles of the northern and southern hemispheres. They are known as 'Aurora borealis' in the north and 'Aurora australis' in the south..
Auroral displays appear in many colours although pale green and pink are the most common. Shades of red, yellow, green, blue, and violet have been reported. The lights appear in many forms from patches or scattered clouds of light to streamers, arcs, rippling curtains or shooting rays that light up the sky with an eerie glow.
Technically Florida does experience auroras but very rarely. Back in 1859 there was a powerful solar storm that hit earth and produced some amazing auroras that were visible all the way south in Cuba!
From the article:
"In the wee hours of that night, the most brilliant auroras ever recorded had broken out across the skies of the Earth. People in Havana and Florida reported seeing them."
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No, Florida does not experience this. It is called the "northern lights" for a reason. Because it's in the North. Not southern America.
Aurora Borealis In Florida
I can answer this with an unequivocal "yes". Back in 1989 or 90 my brother, our girlfriends and I saw them while sitting out in a field about 30 miles west of Daytona Beach. The show went on for a couple hours and we had no idea what we were watching. Our best guess was, "What's NASA up to?". Hey, give us a break. We're from Florida and the last thing we were expecting to see was the Northern Lights.
No, sorry, not in Florida. See attached:
The bright dancing lights of the aurora are actually collisions between electrically charged particles from the sun that enter the earth's atmosphere. The lights are seen above the magnetic poles of the northern and southern hemispheres. They are known as 'Aurora borealis' in the north and 'Aurora australis' in the south..
Auroral displays appear in many colours although pale green and pink are the most common. Shades of red, yellow, green, blue, and violet have been reported. The lights appear in many forms from patches or scattered clouds of light to streamers, arcs, rippling curtains or shooting rays that light up the sky with an eerie glow.
Technically Florida does experience auroras but very rarely. Back in 1859 there was a powerful solar storm that hit earth and produced some amazing auroras that were visible all the way south in Cuba!
From the article:
"In the wee hours of that night, the most brilliant auroras ever recorded had broken out across the skies of the Earth. People in Havana and Florida reported seeing them."
No.
Does Alaska has any palm trees?
Seems like your 'lights" are on but no one is home!
Thanks for all the answers