Aurora Borealis Corona Over Mountains
by Tommy Eliassen/science Photo Library
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Aurora Borealis Corona Over Mountains
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Tommy Eliassen/science Photo Library
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Photograph - Photograph
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Aurora borealis corona over mountains, reflected in water. This coloured light display (the northern lights) 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 Lofoten, Nordland, Norway.
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September 16th, 2018
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