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Solar storms are giving Oregonians a good chance of seeing the Aurora Borealis this evening. Looking to the north before the moon comes out (9:36 tonight) will give you the best chance. Bend photographers were out in force last night without a ton of luck (though the Milky Way was spectacular). Get out there this evening and enjoy.

• Accuweather.com
• Friday nights forecast

• Matt Fox
• The Milky Way from Sparks Lake Thursday evening.

This article appears in Sep 10-18, 2014.

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Solar storms may produce Northern Lights viewing in Oregon tonight

by Matt Fox, The Source - Bend, Oregon
September 12, 2014

<h1>Solar storms may produce Northern Lights viewing in Oregon tonight</h1> <p class="byline">by Matt Fox, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />September 12, 2014</p> <p>Solar storms are giving Oregonians a good chance of seeing the Aurora Borealis this evening. Looking to the north before the moon comes out (9:36 tonight) will give you the best chance. Bend photographers were out in force last night without a ton of luck (though the Milky Way was spectacular). Get out there this evening and enjoy. </p> <div class="blogImageCenter"><img src="https://media2.fdncms.com/bend/imager/friday-nights-forecast/u/original/2394398/1410539093--3d1b380e9c940799.jpg" alt="Friday nights forecast" title="Friday nights forecast" width="500" height="281" /></p> <ul> <li>Accuweather.com</li> <li>Friday nights forecast</li> </ul> </div> <div class="blogImageCenter"><img src="https://media1.fdncms.com/bend/imager/the-milky-way-from-sparks-lake-thursday-ev/u/original/2394399/1410539409-mw2.jpg" alt="The Milky Way from Sparks Lake Thursday evening." title="The Milky Way from Sparks Lake Thursday evening. " width="500" height="334" /></p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.bendsource.com/bend/ImageArchives?by=2318678" target="_blank">Matt Fox</a></li> <li>The Milky Way from Sparks Lake Thursday evening.</li> </ul> </div> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/solar-storms-may-produce-northern-lights-viewing-in-oregon-tonight-2394397/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=19239&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/solar-storms-may-produce-northern-lights-viewing-in-oregon-tonight-2394397/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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