The northern lights will be visible again Wednesday night in some parts of the United States but the Lehigh Valley and Pennsylvania likely will miss out.

The northern lights were visible Tuesday night across the Chicago area, illuminating the sky with brightly colorful displays due to severe solar storms.

The Northern Lights (aurora borealis) were recently visible across California, with rare sightings reported as far south as Los Angeles and San Diego counties.

Bands of green and red first pierced through the hazy night sky around 9:30 p.m. above the pier at Grand Haven State Park.

What are the northern lights? Here is the science behind perhaps one of the most elusive natural phenomena, the shimmering waves of green, pink, and red dancing across the night sky, forming the aurora borealis.

If you missed the lights the past two nights, you may still have another chance: forecasts show the northern lights may visible as far south as central Wisconsin on Nov. 13 and in the northern portion of the state Nov. 14. In the meantime, here are some of the best pictures and reactions we saw to Wednesday night's lights:

Waves of colorful northern lights are expected to light up Colorado skies once again Wednesday night as severe geomagnetic storms continue, according to space weather forecasts.

Geomagnetic storms brought the northern lights to much of the U.S. and some parts of Florida, on the night of Nov. 11, 2025.