Northern Lights 2024 May 11. Brilliant purple, green, yellow and pink. Northern lights make a rare southern appearance.

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. Northern lights illuminate the sky of san francisco north bay as seen from china camp beach in san rafael, california, on may 11, 2024.