Aurora Borealis May 10 2024. In this image taken with a long exposure, cars pass by as people look at the night sky towards the northern lights, or aurora borealis, on friday, may 10, 2024, in. Northern lights or aurora borealis are seen over margate, kent, south east britain, during a geomagnetic storm on may 10, 2024.

According to the center, the best times of the year to see the aurora borealis. Increased solar activity causes auroras that dance around earth’s poles, known as the northern lights, or aurora borealis, and southern lights, or aurora australis.