A northern lights display similar to the one that illuminated California skies with a wash of color in May could occur Thursday night into Friday morning, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Space Weather Prediction Center.

The northern lights made an appearance in Southern California skies Thursday night, and there are hopes that the sky may glow with green,red, and purple hues again Friday night. The aurora borealis was visible in skies across parts of the United States,

Northern California residents were treated to a rare display of the northern lights on Thursday night, caused by a strong ejection of solar material from the sun, which caused a geomagnetic storm on Earth.