The mechanics of the northern lights are still not fully understood, as there are multiple influences and atmospheric conditions that create these photogenic ripples of colored light in the sky. Scientists agree that solar winds—big pulses of energy from our sun—interfere with the Earth’s magnetic fields, especially at the polar regions. The result is a ghostly light show in the sky—like the one in our photo today, captured in Norway.
When science looks like magic
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Mount Pico, Portugal
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Twosday
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Jane’s Carousel delights
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Spine-cheeked anemonefish in Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
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Innerdalsvatna Lake, near Ålvundeidet, Norway
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Islands of the Salish Sea
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Casting a vote for women s history
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International Tiger Day
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Happy Juneteenth!
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Jupiter and the Galilean moons
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Ambassadors of the airwaves
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Atolls in the Maldives
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Joan charges Riverside Park
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World Oceans Day
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World Children s Day
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Brain coral
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Marine Day in Japan
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Quiver trees, Keetmanshoop, Namibia
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World Childrens Day
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Cuban tody, Alejandro de Humboldt National Park, Cuba
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Waiting for the perfect shot
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Blue-footed booby, Galápagos Islands
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International Literacy Day
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A prison fit for a count
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Veterans Day
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Old City of Dubrovnik in Dalmatia, Croatia
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‘Ciao’ from Varenna
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