MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Across the country, the Aurora Borealis, or the Northern Lights, has shown brightly across the skies. The display of vibrant hues of green and pink is the first bright display of the lights in many years.

“I went outside, saw them in town, and I drove out maybe two miles north of town, and they were brilliant out there. Out by the windmills in Moorhead…Every direction it was all over. It was a nice display, it was definitely over, like all over Minnesota,” said Juan Cabanela, Professor at MSUM.

The display comes after what Cabanela says is the result of two coronal mass ejections.

“Basically, the sun tosses off particles. Electrons, protons, and so forth. They fly through space a couple of hours to days later, they hit us, and they follow the magnetic field line

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