Aurora Borealis / Northern Lights Photographs & Youth Sports Photography    |     home Northern Exposures Photography   |   FirstDownphoto.com   |     Northern Exposures Photo Gallery   |   Stars & Stuff   |   Birds & Nature  /  Potpourri   |   Northern Lights   |   09/28/07   |   03-20-01   |   Dipper   |   Comet Hale-Bopp   |   Lightning !!   |   Custom Photo Greeting Cards   |   Ordering Information   |   Scheduled Events   |   Contact Us  /  Lighthouse Photos   |   Great Blue Heron   |   09/16/03   |   Latitudes   |   Cardinals Gallery   |   "After the Storm" - rainbow at the Menominee lighthouse pier   |   First Down Photo   |   Football   |   Packers vs Vikings   |   Hornets vs Manitowoc   |   Hornets vs Stephenson   |   Hornets vs Falcons   |   Menominee vs Marinette   |   Vikings vs Broncos   |   Bears vs Vikings   |   Steelers vs Titans   |   Vikings vs Lions   |   Eagles vs Bears   |   Babe Ruth Baseball   |   Vikings vs Titans    Latitudes Regarding Latitude High vs. Middle vs. Low Courtesy of NASA and SpaceWeather.com Aurora forecasts often distinguish between high, middle and low latitudes. There is no universally accepted definition of these three categories.   High latitudes: e.g., Alaska; Canada; US northern border states such as Washington, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, New York, Vermont and Maine; Scandinavia; northern parts of the United Kingdom; northern Germany and Poland; New Zealand and southern Australia. Middle latitudes: e.g., US states like Oregon and northern-to-central California, Wyoming, Colorado, Iowa, Ohio, Virginia and North Carolina; southern parts of the United Kingdom; France, northern Italy; central Australia; Japan. Low Latitudes: e.g., US states like Texas and Florida, southern California, Arizona, Arkansas, South Carolina; Mexico; Puerto Rico; Spain and Portugal; nations around the Mediterranean Sea; northern Australia. Auroras are most often seen at high latitudes and least often at low latitudes. The key to aurora-spotting for middle and low latitude observers is knowing when to look, and for that SpaceWeather PHONE is a useful helper.