Aurorae (21 photos)

Auroras are caused by the bombing of the upper atmosphere by charged particles moving to the land along the geomagnetic field lines of the adjacent space, called plasma layer.

Photographer Frances Anderson kindly shared picture of this beautiful natural phenomenon, which he took in Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories, Canada.



Northern Lights














Northern Lights during a lunar eclipse December 21, 2010, Tuktoyaktuk, Canada






Northern Lights day


Northern Lights December 30, 2010, Tuktoyaktuk, Canada


Northern Lights. The sky turns green


Northern lights and power lines


Northern Lights over house


Blue aurora borealis


This picture was taken December 4, 2010 at midnight in Tuktoyaktuk, Canada. The temperature was - 44C


Northern Lights






Northern Lights. Blue ray