Illinois Northern Lights

Solar activity has been really high lately, and places that don't normally get to see the Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights, are going to be getting the opportunity over the next few days.

Normally, you'd have to spend a few bucks to fly yourself someplace much farther north than Illinois to catch the Northern Lights, but because of some unusual solar activity, lots of us in Illinois might get a look at one of nature's coolest spectacles.