Copper Harbor Northern Lights Forecast

The upper peninsula is blessed with hundreds of miles of shoreline along the south shore of lake superior which provides some of the best northern lights viewing in the lower 48 due to the very dark night skies.

Copper harbor northern lights forecast. What you re missing by not being in copper harbor. Stunning displays color the skies in green pink red and purple. Chris miller to copper harbor michigan some northern lights from the other evening. The northern lights known also as aurora borealis and aurora australis in the southern hemisphere are a natural display of light in the northern hemisphere s night sky.

Shades of red yellow green blue and violet are reported. Their occurrence is tied to the activity of the sun and the solar wind caused by the eruption of spots on the sun s surface. More images posting over the next few days. This solar wind puts a pressure on earth s magnetic field which is.

This tiny hamlet sits 30 miles from the nearest town creating a near complete lack of light pollution that makes it easier to see the lights dance across the sky. When looking north over lake superior one. Northern lights is one of the most beautiful natural phenomena. Weather underground provides local long range weather forecasts weatherreports maps tropical weather conditions for the copper harbor area.

Some of our favorite spots are near brimley whitefish point pictured rocks national lakeshore munising au train marquette big bay skanee eagle river and copper harbor. The northern lights the northern lights are a spectacular phenomenon that are hard to predict and hard to forget. In michigan the northern lights are rarely directly overhead although it s awesome when they are so you need to be able to see down near the horizon. Incredible thank you for sharing chris miller photography.

Copper harbor weather forecasts. Northern michigan sits in a great location latitude wise as the auroral oval dips further south on nights of stronger auroral activity. The intensity of this aurora dis. It usually occurs during periods of peak solar act.

I was beyond thrilled august 30 31 2019 ended up sparking a few g1 level events. Auroral displays appear in many hues though pale green and pink are most common.