A photography expert told National Geographic it’s best to use a wide-angle lens, an aperture or F-stop of four or lower and a tripod to stabilize the image. With a smartphone, NOAA recommends enabling night mode and disabling flash.

Auroras may be visible from Alaska to Washington as a giant hole in the sun's atmosphere fuels geomagnetic storms with a high-speed solar wind.

Would-be stargazers in several northern states should keep there eyes on the sky Wednesday night, as geomagnetic storms are poised to make the northern lights visible further south than usual. According to NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center,