An active sunspot could give photographers another reason to photograph the night skies this weekend. A solar flare that hit on August 05 increases the odds of seeing the Northern Lights as its effects reach Earth, with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicting KP levels above 4.0 could hit on Friday, August 08.

More than a dozen states in the northern U.S. might have an opportunity to see the northern lights Thursday, as a recent coronal mass ejection is expected to disrupt Earth’s geomagnetic field, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.