If you missed Tuesday's dazzling display of the Northern Lights, don't worry, Aurora Borealis watchers in the U.S. and Canada have another chance Wednesday night thanks to solar activity lighting up the skies.

The Northern Lights lit up the skies thanks to a burst of energy from the sun called coronal mass ejections, or CMEs. The Space Weather Prediction Center has issued a G4 "severe" geomagnetic storm watch for Wednesday, Nov. 12, just one step below the top level. A storm of the same strength is what sparked Tuesday's stunning display.

The burst of energy from the sun painted the night red, green and purple across a vast portion of the United States, as far south as Florida, an uncommon event.

Here's how you can view the Northern Lights in Alabama.

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