{"id":427016,"date":"2026-01-23T01:05:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T01:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/427016\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T01:05:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T01:05:08","slug":"watch-why-many-canadians-saw-dazzling-northern-lights-this-week-videoclip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/427016\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH \u2014 Why many Canadians saw dazzling northern lights this week | videoclip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        There\u2019s been a significant solar storm over parts of Canada\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>An impressive solar storm could be seen from parts of Northern Canada this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Matt Melnyk, a pilot who was travelling from Calgary, Alberta, to London, England on Jan. 19, sent impressive pictures to CBC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was the historical view from 37,000 feet [11.2 kilometres] over northern Manitoba, Hudson Bay and Baffin Island in Canada,\u201d Melnyk wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis flight I will remember for days to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Yellow, green and purple northern lights shining above a city at night.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/northern-lights-2026-plane-860x484-jan2026.png\" style=\"width: 860px; height: 484px;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>This photo of the northern lights was taken by a pilot who was travelling from Calgary, Alberta, to London, England, on Jan. 19. (Image submitted by Matt Melnyk)<\/p>\n<p>Solar storms are caused by flares of energy travelling from the sun\u2019s surface into space.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When this energy makes contact with Earth, it creates a phenomenon known as the northern lights.<\/p>\n<p>The scientific name is aurora borealis.<\/p>\n<p>NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, in the U.S. predicted there was a high likelihood of seeing them this week.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s because the sun released two powerful solar flares.<\/p>\n<p>To understand what causes the northern lights, watch this video:<\/p>\n<p>Check out these other videos:<\/p>\n<p>\ufeff\ufeffHave more questions? \ufeffWant to tell us how we&#8217;re doing? Use the \u201csend us feedback\u201d link below. \u2b07\ufe0f\u2b07\ufe0f\u2b07\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>With files from Nicole Mortillaro\/CBC<br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There\u2019s been a significant solar storm over parts of Canada\u00a0 An impressive solar storm could be seen from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":427017,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[49,48,66,306],"class_list":["post-427016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427016\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}