AMAIZING Overnight Aurora Captured By Wyo Patrolman

Much of Wyoming got quite a show in the wee hours of Wednesday morning. A big BURP from the Sun caused a showing of northern lights that could be seen as far down as Cheyenne.

If you lived around too many street lights, you would not have seen it. But much of Wyoming is in darkness, so all you had to do was go outside at the right time.

What a night!! Northern lights were on full display in western Wyoming. A Trooper in Star Valley took the first two pics. A Port Officer took the last in Evanston, right next to Utah. It's dark enough out there.

These photos were posted on the Wyoming Highway Patrol Facebook page.

The northern lights put on a spectacular show tonight (Nov. 11-12) as two incoming coronal mass ejections (CMEs) may spark geomagnetic storm conditions, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Think of this as the sun letting out three big BURPS from one sunspot. Those burps caught up with each other as waves in space and then crashed into Earth's atmosphere, interacting with our planet's magnetic field.

The first CME, launched on Nov.9, is forecast to reach Earth late tonight, closely followed by a second CME that erupted yesterday. A third CME released during a colossal X5.1 solar flare, the biggest solar flare of 2025, is currently hurtling toward Earth and could also hit Earth on Nov. 12, according to NOAA. Impact from this CME is predicted for around 7 a.m. EST (1200 GMT). NOAA has since issued a G4 storm watch for Nov. 12.