Northern lights flared up quickly over northern Michigan Thursday night, September 1, 2016.

The northern lights appeared around 10:30 p.m. The first burst of vibrant northern lights didn't last a long time. The first part of the show lasted about 15 minutes.

The northern lights were amazing. The northern lights didn't take up a large area of the sky. But when the auroras flared up, they were very bright.

NASA says that a hole in the sun's atmosphere opened up, called a coronal hole. The coronal hole allowed energy to escape from the sun and shoot at the earth's atmosphere. When the energy hit the earth's atmosphere, northern lights formed.

The increased amount of energy is expected to continue September 2-3, 2016. Fortunately Michigan should have very clear skies. So northern lights may again be visible Friday night and Saturday night.

If the northern lights show is like tonight, it will be fast and furious. You can monitor this facebook page to get some alert that northern lights may be occurring.

On my personal facebook page, reports of northern lights came from many locations in northern Michigan, to as far south as Unionville, MI in the Thumb.

If you have any northern lights pictures, please share below.

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