Metro

Northern lights may be seen in New York this week

New Yorkers may get a rare glimpse of the northern lights this week.

The National Weather Service said Wednesday a solar storm could make the northern lights, also known as the aurora borealis, visible to curious spectators in New York state Thursday night.

A photo shared by the agency on Twitter shows the light show could possibly be seen upstate, but not in New York City.

Sky watchers in other northern states — Maine, Montana and Washington — might also be able to views the lights.

The Northern Lights seen in Lapland, Finland in September.
The northern lights seen in Lapland, Finland, in SeptemberREUTERS/Alexander Kuznetsov