the night sky, visible way further south into the u.s. than they normally are because of the solar flair. a united airlines captain shot this photo from the cockpit. from the ground the view in places like this one cross lake minnesota, positively spielbergian, the lights dance across the sky. the green waves are bright enough to read by. think about the sun for a moment. shall we? it is so large, over one million planet earths could comfortably sit inside despite being 93 million miles away it can still burn unprotected human skin here on earth in the space of a few minutes. if it ever blows up we re dead. fit ever goes out. we re dead. these are larger matters than us. matters way beyond our control. and that is another reason why we re all alive and well and here on earth. it s a reason to marvel at the