Northern Lights May 12 2024 Map. The spectacular aurora borealis, the nighttime light display triggered by solar flares that has been so unusually prevalent since friday, could be visible.  — 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.

 — the center’s experimental forecast map shows the aurora may be visible sunday in new england, the midwest, the upper plains, and the pacific northwest regions.  — 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.