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The northern lights, which are also known as the aurora borealis, are the result of solar storms on the Sun that rain down charged particles onto the Earth’s atmosphere.
Northern lights usually dance in the sky for a few minutes and then slither off. Sometimes a display can last around 15 to 30 minutes or even a few hours. But that is unusual.
The “Aurora Borealis” also known as The Northern lights are expected to shine over the U.S. as geomagnetic activity driven by solar coronal holes will lead to an explosion of color in the sky (PA)
Firefox (tulikettu or tulirepo or tulikko) is a mythical creature in the folklore of northern and eastern Finland. It is a fox whose tail twinkles fire. [1] According to folk stories, the Firefox lives far away in hideouts in the woods, or in the north, and very few are said to have seen it. Firefox is black during days but twinkles fire during ...
An aurora [a] (pl. aurorae or auroras), [b] also commonly known as the northern lights (aurora borealis) or southern lights (aurora australis), [c] is a natural light display in Earth's sky, predominantly seen in high-latitude regions (around the Arctic and Antarctic). Auroras display dynamic patterns of brilliant lights that appear as curtains ...
A phenomenon also attracting numerous tourists is the Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights. [47] In Finnish Lapland, the number of auroral displays can be as high as 200 a year, whereas in southern Finland, the number is usually fewer than 20.
Typically confined to polar regions, the aurora borealis is making an appearance in the continental United States this weekend thanks to an unusually strong solar storm. The dazzling phenomenon ...
40 minutes of the Northern Lights. This was by far the most spectacular aurora I have ever seen. The main burst was too fast moving to capture with the camera. Technical stuff: Sigma 10-20 lens at 10mm f/5.0. Exposures from 6 to 20 seconds continuous shooting (the brightest part is all 10s exposures, ISO800).