Aurora Borealis 2024 California Map

Aurora Borealis 2024 California Map. The animations further down show what the aurora’s been up to over the last 24 hours and estimates what the next 30. The following photos represent just a handful of those shot by citizen scientists as part of nasa’s aurorasaurus project, which tracks aurora sightings around the planet.

The aurora borealis is visible most nights, weather permitting, within a band several hundred miles wide that’s centered at about 66 degrees north — about the same latitude as the arctic circle. The animations further down show what the aurora’s been up to over the last 24 hours and estimates what the next 30.