Northern Lights 2024 Arizona Today. A camera, higher elevation and a low amount of light pollution will also help. The northern lights were visible in arizona this may after a series of coronal mass ejections.

Everything to know about the northern lights, including where to get the most dramatic views and when is the best time to see them. Increased solar activity causes auroras that dance around earth’s poles, known as the northern lights (aurora borealis) and southern lights (aurora australis).