- MINNEAPOLIS : The fiery glow of the Northern Lights could be seen as far south as Atlanta on Monday night thanks to a combination of a large cloud of gas and magnetic field ejected from the sun, and lucky timing, weather experts said.
The cloud ejected from the sun Saturday arrived on Monday more intensely and quickly than people were expecting, said Doug Biesecker, a physicist and researcher for the Space Weather Prediction Center of the National Weather Service.