Saturday, March 10, 2012

[Photo] Aurora Borealis

Northern Lights

Northern lights taken last March 8 by nwtarcticrose.

An aurora is a natural light display in the sky particularly in the high latitude (Arctic and Antarctic) regions, caused by the collision of energetic charged particles with atoms in the high altitude atmosphere (thermosphere).

Image courtesy of Flickr; article courtesy of Wikipedia

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