The aurora borealis were seen above Lake Sonoma, in Yountville, Mendocino County, and also in Yosemite.
Sunday night, the aurora borealis were visible across the Northern Hemisphere including areas of California.Last May, people from all across California saw the aurora borealis.
But you didn't have to go to Yosemite to see this. The Northern Lights were also seen above Lake Sonoma, in Yountville, and in Mendocino County."My mom was actually the one really watching it. 'Is there gonna be clouds? Is there gonna be smoke? Is there this or is there that?' She was really zoning in on it for me," said Kim Van Hoy. She took images on her cellphone from a hill in Ukiah.
Wyatt is senior director of the Morrison Planetarium and science visualization. He says predicting these Northern Lights events are challenging. Photographer Marion Williams, who took a picture of the Northern Lights on his cellphone, and another one on his professional camera was alone most of Sunday night near Cave Rock on Lake Tahoe. Others who showed up thought they missed it and left.
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