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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Sequential images of a total solar eclipse
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A winter wonderland in Northeast China
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Monarch butterflies migrate south
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A river runs through it
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Rocky mountain pi
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World Elephant Day
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High alpine color in Colorado
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The moth wonderful time of the year
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Mother s Day
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Kluane National Park
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Social climbing
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San Blas Islands, Panama
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It s Star Wars Day
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A goldie gala
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Celebrating Festivus
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Friendship Day
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Cousins Day
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Bavljenac Island
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Looking for peace on the precipice
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Looking back on 150 years of rail travel
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Four little birds sitting in a tree…
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Who s there? The largest owl in the world
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Alstrom Point, Lake Powell, Utah
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A cutting-edge art gallery opens in Paris
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A predator at risk
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Bear Hole Brook, Catskill Mountains, New York
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An underwater rainbow
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Hiking the High Trestle Trail
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Vineyards in the Mosel Valley, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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The island fox’s incredible comeback