Aurora Borealis Over Mountains
by Science Photo Library
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Aurora Borealis Over Mountains
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Science Photo Library
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Photograph - Photograph
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Aurora borealis over mountains, reflected in a pool in the foreground. 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 Okstindan, Nordland, Norway.
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September 16th, 2018
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