A second night of aurora borealis is expected across parts of the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. on Wednesday evening, following a vivid display on Tuesday that reached as far south as Alabama and New Mexico. The spectacle stems from a series of powerful solar eruptions triggering a severe geomagnetic storm.

Any effort to re-open oil drilling off the California coast would be “dead on arrival,” Gov. Newsom said while attending a climate conference in Brazil.