Makes me a little bit thirsty,
but let's get to something realy
interesting between the clouds.
Last night, all of us were
treated to quite a light show,
two days after a solar flare
erupted 93 million miles away.
Many of you were ready last nigt
with your cameras as the Northen
Lights came dancing into the state of
Minnesota and other states, actually.
And if you're thinking, wait,
didn't this just happen?
Yes, the answer is yes, exactly.
A month ago, we had an even lon.
Northern Lights show that could be seen
in many parts of our state as w,
and experts say these kinds of
nights could become more common.
Kent, why is that?
And how can we prepare for the next time?
How much advance notice can we ?
A little bit Janna.
At least that's what we're hear.
Videos like the one behind me fm
Sox Center, They look like magi.
But a photographer I spoke
with today said capturing that
magic takes a lot of patience.
But for as unpredictable
as these nights can be,
our odds of seeing these kind
of nights are improving.
If you're looking for tips to
see or shoot the Northern Light,
talk to the person who found a y
to get this epic profile pic foa
buddy and even had the confidene
to stage a senior portrait.
So I just used the phone to ligt
them up and you can see the knowing in
lights with it and it's kind of cool.
They thought it was just awesom.
I don't think I'll ever
be able to do it again.
Then again, Ben.
Sonny admits that each time he's
gone geomagnetic, storm chasing.
Lately it seems to get better.
After all, he didn't think these shots
from last month could be topped.
I had never seen anything like .
It all came to a point and
it looked like a TV above me.
The colors and everything that you can
see with your eyes was just unr.
I had no idea that we can see
Northern Lights like that, and
he had no idea they could be
this bright until he captured hs
new favorite image last night.
Just the way of the Northern.
Lights came in on each side andn
you had the moon and Venus in t.
In the middle is just really, really cool.
It basically maxed out the
scale with the beat red.
Our own Aurora expert named Bens
we should all get ready to see e
kinds of forecasts more often. s
no coincidence that we've seen o
really good shows in the last m.
The sun goes through these 11 year cycles
where we see a higher number of sunspots
and then a lower number of suns,
And traditionally the more
sunspots you see, the more.
Activity burst from the sun thee
of these solar storms happen rit
now, he says. We're still
approaching cycle 25. This
theoretically isn't supposed
to peak until like mid 2025.
The fact that we're seeing all e
coronal mass ejections now is a
pretty good indicator things might be
pretty wild over the next year or so,
but keep in mind, forecasting sr
flares into northern light shows
also tends to be a little wild.
Is it a tough thing even for?
The space experts
to predict it really is because you need
the right set of ingredients in place.
Just like, you know,
getting a tornado and a thunderstorm.
We don't always know that that's
going to happen. Photographer
Ben says the key is patience,
even for him. He lives just a fw
miles from Voyagers National Pa,
recently named the best place te
the Northern Lights in the Lowe.
You just kind of got to take sh.
You may not see him and you may see him.
I mean, it's just, it's unpredictable.
I mean, and I live in one of the best.
Obvious for it,
it's still pretty unpredictable.
Then again, our Ben says that's
what makes them so special.
That's the allure of them,
is they're so rare.
Let's hope it doesn't get to the
point where it happens so often
that it becomes Aurora boring.
Ellis, to quote you, You know,
I don't know if Jana is going to like that.
We might have to just cut that.
That was your thing too.
So I want to give you credit for that.
Sounded like a catch.
OK, All right.
I did come up with the roar.
Boring. Alice. Shocker.
But Ben was all about it. I did.
I wasn't gonna bring it up. I w.
I wasn't gonna leave it there.
That's the dad jokes side of th.
I love it. You guys act like I'm just mean.
Mom, over here. I'm into it.
You know this. I know that.
You know, maybe we chased Ben ot
of here trying to be Dad #2 aga,
but I'm into it. It's Speaking
of that. We talked about Ben
being our resident expert.
His daughter's name is Aurora.
Of course it is, and that's awe.
Yes, it was named after the Aurora Borealis.
And by the way, we talked to a real pro,
obviously way up north, but this
been available for so many to s.
This photo, which looks pretty darn good.
An amateur named Jack Lee,
who happens to be our producer,
shot that last night he was out.
He wanted to get on in on the fun, he said.
It's pretty incredible
to see it for yourself.
I grew up in northwestern Minne.
I know that. I've seen it.
I did not see it last night
or the night before.
But it's so cool, you
know that. That's a testament to Jack Lee,
super producer, going out in the
middle of the night to get some
video for our show. I appreciate
you, Jack. After the 10:00 o'clk
last night that he produced.
All right. Thanks, Kent,
And thank you, Jack. Well, it's.