OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THEM TONIGHT.
GEORGE SOLIS IS COVERING IT ALL.
>>> WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA,
WHOA, WHOA, WHOA.
>> Reporter: IT’S THE STUNNING
AND RARE SKY SHOW CAPTIVATING
THE NATION FROM COAST TO COAST.
>> I CAN’T BELIEVE WHAT I’M
SEEING.
>> Reporter: THE AURORA BOREALIS
LIGHTING UP THE NIGHT SKY FROM
WISCONSIN TO THE ARIZONA DESERT
AND EVEN AS FAR SOUTH AS
FLORIDA.
>> THIS IS INSANE.
>> Reporter: THE VIBRANT GREENS,
PURPLES, PINKS POPPING UP ACROSS
THE PLANET ARE BEING CAUSED BY
THIS -- A MASSIVE GEOMAGNETIC
STORM ON THE SUN.
>> THE SUN IS REALLY ACTIVE
RIGHT NOW.
>> Reporter: AMY BEARCLAW IS
DIRECTOR OF THE EDELMAN
PLANETARIUM AT ROWAN UNIVERSITY
IN NEW JERSEY.
WE’RE SEEING THEM FAR SOUTH.
WHY IS THAT?
>> RIGHT.
SO THE NORTHERN LIGHTS ARE
PRETTY COMMON, BUT THIS
PARTICULAR STORM THAT’S HIT US
IS SO BIG THAT IT’S SENDING SO
MANY PARTICLES DOWN TO US THAT
IT’S PUSHING THAT CIRCLE OF
LIGHT ALL THE WAY DOWN AS FAR
SOUTH AS FLORIDA, POSSIBLY EVEN
HAWAII.
>> Reporter: AMY TAKING US
INSIDE THE PLANETARIUM TO SHOW
US A PHOTO OF THE SUN TAKEN
TODAY.
>> YOU CAN SEE THAT HUGE ONE
RIGHT THERE.
>> Reporter: THE CULPRIT?
>> THAT’S THE CULPRIT.
THAT’S CAUSING THAT HUGE STORM.
>> Reporter: THAT SUN SPOT 16
TIMES THE SIZE OF EARTH AND
COULD CAUSE CHAOS ACROSS THE
GLOBE BUT HASN’T YET.
NOAA REPORTS SOME MINOR POWER
GRID IRREGULARITIES AND IMPACTS
ON
HIGH FREQUENCY COMMUNICATIONS
AND GPS.
ELON MUSK SAYING HIS STARLINK
SATELLITES ARE UNDER A LOT OF
PRESSURE BUT HOLDING UP.
WE TALK ABOUT INTERRUPTIONS, NOT
GLOBAL SHUTDOWN OF SERVICES,
RIGHT?
>> NO, THERE’S NOT GOING TO BE A
GLOBAL SHUTDOWN.
>> Reporter: ADS FOR THE GLOBAL
SHOW, HERE’S WHERE YOU CAN WATCH
TONIGHT.
FROM PORTLAND, OREGON, TO
PORTLAND, MAINE, MOSTLY CLEAR
SKIES WITH CLOUDS SETTING IN
ACROSS NEW ENGLAND.
THE NIGHT SKY RAISING THE
CURTAIN ON A RARE SPRING LIGHT
SHOW WELL WORTH STAYING UP FOR.
>> JUST AMAZING.
GEORGE IS OUTSIDE THE EDELMAN
PLANETARIUM IN GLASSBORO, NEW
JERSEY, TONIGHT.
WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO VIEW
THOSE NORTHERN LIGHTS TONIGHT?
>> Reporter: YEAH, YOU’LL WANT
TO GET FAR, FAR AWAY FROM CITY
LIGHTS.
ANYTHING THAT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO
THAT LIGHT POLLUTION AND WILL
DROWN OUT THE BEAUTY.
BEST ADVICE, GET TO A WIDE-OPEN