Solar storms brought the lights to the East Coast late Tuesday night, including parts of New Jersey and Long Island, where a brief clearing in the clouds revealed a rare light show.
Space weather forecasters confirmed that storms reached severe levels with hues spotted as far south in the United States as Kansas, Colorado and Texas.
And if you missed them, Chief Meteorologist Lee Goldberg says there is another chance to see the Northern Lights on Wednesday night, but it probably won't be as brilliant as the night before.
Northern Lights may be visible in parts of the Tri-State area
He says the geomagnetic storm will be weakening and there won't be significant clearing until the late evening -- but he says it is definitely still worth a late-night look at the sky.
NOAA's aurora viewline map confirms that New York and Connecticut are among the two dozen states that could see the Northern Lights on Wednesday night.
The uptick in solar activity forced NASA on Wednesday to postpone the launch of Blue Origin's new rocket carrying Mars orbiters until conditions improve.
Over the past few days, the sun has burped out several bursts of energy called coronal mass ejections. Two have reached Earth, but at least one more is still on the way and could arrive sometime midday on Wednesday.
Forecasters think this solar outburst could be the most energetic of the three and have issued a severe storm alert. How bright the auroras are and how far south they are visible will depend on when the burst gets here and how it interacts with Earth's magnetic field and atmosphere.
See NOAA's aurora forecast model here
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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