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<\/p>\nDid you see the northern lights across North Texas on Tuesday night? The rare sight brought a colorful display of hues that are not often seen in our night sky.<\/p>\n
McKenna Dowd with UT Arlington\u2019s Planetarium spends her day explaining things like the northern lights to students.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe northern lights is when energy from the sun interacts with the Earth\u2019s atmosphere, creating a color show in our night sky,” said Dowd.<\/p>\n
Seeing the lights in the southern United States is a rare sight.<\/p>\n
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The northern lights over Cleburne, Texas, on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt takes a very strong magnetic storm for it to be seen,\u201d said UTA Planetarium Director Levent Gurdemir.<\/p>\n
How bright and how far south the northern lights will be visible is hard to predict.<\/p>\n
\u201cThose are very difficult to forecast, almost impossible to forecast,\u201d Gurdemir said.<\/p>\n
Experts said it depends on when the solar bursts arrive and how they interact with the Earth\u2019s atmosphere, but with another chance on Wednesday, Dowd said it’s worth going outside and looking up.<\/p>\n
\u201cAny sort of celestial event is incredible because we all share the night sky,\u201d Dowd said.<\/p>\n
Dowd suggests getting away from city lights and using your camera. It can pick up the lights better than the naked eye.<\/p>\n
Photographer Matt Lantz drove an hour west of his Aledo home to capture the lights after first seeing them from his back porch Tuesday.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was pretty special. I think this happened last year, and it was just this faint red glow in the sky. But to see actual pillars, nd then when I got home to put them in an actual timelapse to see them move, man, that was pretty special. Something I\u2019ve never seen in my life,” said Lantz.<\/p>\n
While experts have said the lights may not be visible until late Wednesday, Lantz was in place early hoping to capture them again. <\/p>\n
For those hoping to do the same with their phone, he recommends night mode for long exposure.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou want to have your shutter open as long as possible. You want to point it to the north, and your camera may be able to see what your eyes can\u2019t see. Hold your hand really still, hold the camera really still, until it\u2019s done taking the picture,” he said.<\/p>\n
\nAnd this is why I always book a window seat! Flying back to DFW tonight I was dazzled by the aurora borealis from 35,000 feet! \ud83d\ude0d \u2708\ufe0f pic.twitter.com\/xZgLknNCpM<\/a><\/p>\n
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