Aurora Borealis #15
by Tommy Eliassen
Title
Aurora Borealis #15
Artist
Tommy Eliassen
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
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Aurora borealis. Aurora borealis (northern lights) over a trees on a mountainside. The aurora borealis is a coloured light display that is visible in the night sky at high latitudes. It occurs when charged and energetic particles from the Sun (the solar wind) are drawn by Earth's magnetic field to the polar regions. Hundreds of kilometres up, they collide with gas molecules and atoms, causing them to emit light. Photographed in Saltfjellet-Svartisen National Park, Norway, in September.
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July 20th, 2016
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