The Northern Lights as seen from the Ranch (home to the Breeze) at 11:00 p.m. on Friday, May 10th.

On Thursday, May 9, two massive sunspots merged to form a gigantic sunspot 16 times the size of the Earth. The event caused X- and M-class solar flares to shoot out electrically charged particles which caused the northern skies to light up on Friday night as far south as Florida. The skies were clear in this area of…