Can't see the northern lights? Try using your phone camera

(NEXSTAR) – Looking up at the night sky, you might not see anything special this weekend. But use your phone camera, and it could be a whole different scene.

In a Friday media briefing on the incoming powerful solar storm, space weather experts said auroras – also called the northern lights – may be visible as far south as Alabama and Northern California Friday and Saturday nights.

The further north you are, the better your chances are of seeing the colorful phenomenon. But...