Sunset and northern lights, Thor Lake, North-West Territories, Canada

October 26, 2014 in post by Fortier.D

The Northern Lights are actually the result of collisions between gaseous particles in the Earth’s atmosphere with charged particles released from the sun’s atmosphere. Variations in colour are due to the type of gas particles that are colliding (ex: Oxygen, Nitrogen).

Source and to know more: http://www.northernlightscentre.ca/northernlights.html

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(Photos D. Fortier, © Geocryolab).

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