Where to see the Aurora Borealis in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

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Developed and published by Nintendo, Animal Crossing: New Horizons is a popular title with a fairly long shelf life. Being a social simulation game, it changes with the year, introducing new sights and activities for players to enjoy.

Interestingly, this even includes the Northern Lights, also known as Aurora Borealis. This beautiful sky phenomenon can be witnessed in-game. Like many other interesting elements in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, certain criteria must first be met to see it.

As logic dictates, Aurora Borealis can only be seen during the winter season at night, from 6:00 pm to 4:00 am local time. In the Northern Hemisphere, players can see it from December 11 to February 24. Fans from the Southern Hemisphere will have to wait until June 11 to do so and can continue to enjoy it until August 24.

Additionally, while the weather must be bright and clear, it's still up to chance for Aurora Borealis to show up. In other words, players must check the night sky every day depending on their hemisphere criteria.

Fortunately, there's one way to make this situation easier. Talking to your town's residents during the day could see them dropping hints about potential Aurora Borealis spawns at night. It should be noted that key characters such as Tom Nook and Isabelle will not share any weather information.

Once the time is right and the sky is bright, players will want to get a better look at the sky. This can be done by tilting the camera upwards using the right stick on the Nintendo Switch, allowing players to capture some particularly aesthetic photographs using the camera from this angle.

Simply press the ZL button on the Nintendo Switch controller/Joycons and select the Camera app from the NookPhone. This should allow