For the second consecutive night, Southern Manitoba, and in fact much of Canada and well into the United States, were treated to a celestial event which will go down as one of the most stunning in decades.

The Aurora Borealis again filled the night sky Wednesday into early Thursday morning. The colours as vibrant, or even more so, depending on where you were able to look up. On the other side of the coin, we've heard from others across the Pembina Valley who've said the display wasn't quite as dramatic as Tuesday night. Thankfully, though, the weather held, and the sky remained clear so we could get a good look at what did arrive.

Why is this happening?

"On the sun, we have something called CMEs, coronal mass ejections, essentially really large solar flares," explained amateur astronome

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