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The blog Capture the Atlas announced its best northern lights photos of 2023. You can see some of the best aurora photos in the world here.
The blog “Capture the Atlas” announced its best northern lights photos of 2022. You can see 10 of the best aurora photos in the world here.
The blog “Capture the Atlas” announced its 2021 Northern Lights Photographer of the Year contest. You can see 10 of the best aurora photos in the world here.
Northern lights over Jämtland, Sweden.
As magnetic north shifts increasingly away from the geologic north pole - towards Siberia - studies suggest the northern lights could move with it.
Photographer Jörgen Andersson captured the northern lights over Sweden on October 7, 2018.
Steve Bellavia caught this unusual aurora last night, pointing directly to the North Star. Could it be the newly identified Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement, aka STEVE?
Enjoy this night sky video timelapse by Jack Fusco featuring frozen lakes, fog inversions, and of course the northern lights!
Judy Allen captured this image on September 28, 2017.
Answers to commonly asked questions about seeing one of nature's wonders: the aurora borealis or northern lights.
Photos of the aurora borealis, or northern lights, shot from an airplane over the icy Canadian landscape and approximate North Pole.
Gorgeous 5-minute video of the northern lights in February and March 2016 - captured in still images, panoramas, time-lapse and real-time videos.
A meteor streaks overhead ... an aurora reflects in a pond.
A quiet night for auroras at Churchill, Manitoba, Canada - located at at 58° North, under the auroral oval - is a spectacular auroral display for most of us.
Lucky observers in western North America saw bright lights streaking in the sky Monday night - the disintegration of a Chinese rocket body. Photo and videos here!
2014 unleashed its first X-flare of 2014 on January 7. Space weather experts are calling for a good display of auroras.
Northern Lights from top of Beartooth Pass, Montana, by EarthSky Facebook friend Kevin Harrell
Earth's geomagnetic field flared into a moderate storm last night, causing northern lights sightings as far south as the northern U.S.
Auroras are a visible reminder of our planet’s connection to space. The “northern lights” and “southern lights,” as they are more commonly known, are like a rain of highly energized particles from the space around Earth.
Observers at high latitudes reported "incredible" displays of the northern lights during the night of January 24, 2012.
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