I live in Upstate NY, I can recall maybe once or twice in my entire lifetime hearing about being able to see the aurora and now it seems to be happening at least every few months, lately..
This seems like a significant increase over a very short period of time.. why is this happening?
In: Planetary Science
[This report](https://mathewjowens.github.io/publications/papers_files/MNRAS_Lockwood_aurora%206.pdf) is interesting and shows the May event as being the 3rd largest in recorded history. The one last week was similar but they haven’t crunched the numbers yet on it. This is partly about the availability of smart phones with night modes and social media to make it viral, but mainly it’s just an absolutely exceptional year.
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