Watching The Aurora Borealis
by Science Photo Library
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Watching The Aurora Borealis
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Science Photo Library
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Watching the aurora borealis. Silhouetted human figure at morning, at a campsite in the mountains, watching the aurora borealis, a coloured light display (the northern lights) 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 Hemnesberget, Nordland, Norway.
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September 12th, 2018
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