If using a regular camera, photography experts told National Geographic to use wide-angle lenses, an aperture or F-stop of four or less and a focus set to the farthest possible setting. If using a smartphone, NOAA recommends turning on night mode and disabling flash.

Here's when and how to spot the aurora borealis from select spots across the United States the night of March 25 into the morning of March 26

Aurora Watch, the service monitoring atmospheric conditions in the UK, confirmed there was a likely chance of the Northern Lights lighting up UK skies. Its red alert means aurora is "likely". It states: "It is likely that aurora will be visible by eye and camera from anywhere in the UK."