Northern Lights California 2024 Time. We’ll start with a quick overview of what causes the lights, so you understand how solar activity influences when northern lights appear. 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.
And again at 1:30 a.m., the sky was noticeably red, and streaks of lights could be seen without the assistance of a camera. This product is based on the ovation model and uses the maximum forecast geomagnetic activity (kp) between 6pm and 6am us central time.