A severe geomagnetic storm on Friday night could make the Northern Lights, also known as aurora borealis, visible in Washington skies, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Space Weather Forecast Center. But, it depends on the time. The aurora borealis is a colorful glow in the sky produced when electrons trapped in the Earth’s magnetic field are accelerated by the solar wind and collide with atoms in the atmosphere in a ring centered on the magnetic pole of Earth, according to NOAA. READ MORE: https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/viewing-aurora-northern-lights-in-washington/281-be2f22e9-f18f-48fe-b903-01482ec9ec1f