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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Lobster tales
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Little Pigeon River, Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee
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A lunar lantern celebration
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Canada s $20 view
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Hohenzollern Castle near Stuttgart, Germany
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Ruins of a royal temple
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‘You should see the one that got away!’
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North Sea at sunset, Norddorf, Germany
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Peña Roya beech forest, Moncayo Natural Park, Aragon, Spain
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World Giraffe Day
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Vote!
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Cenote near Puerto Aventuras, Mexico
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Behold the perfect cone
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Blue linckia sea stars in Papua New Guinea
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Red squirrel in Cairngorms National Park, Scotland
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Panda Day
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Manatee Awareness Month
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Protecting Alaska
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Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park
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Punakaiki on South Island, New Zealand
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Horsetail Fall, Yosemite National Park, California
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Brown pelican, San Diego, California
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A hero for the 21st century
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World Bee Day
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The crossroads of empires
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Great hornbill, Thailand
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Christmas market, St. Stephens Basilica, Budapest, Hungary
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A view fit for a queen
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We did not invent this, honest
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Siblings Day
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