Aurora and Zodiacal Lights over North Sea

Aurora and Zodiacal Light over North Sea

Aurora meets zodiacal lights over a stream flowing into the North Sea.

Zodiacal light is sunlight scattered by interplanetary dust particles that lie near the Solar System's ecliptic plane.

Photographer Ruslan Merzlyakov: "Taken on March 26th, 2022, and now waiting to see if the promise of a G3 storm will happen tonight! I cannot wait for nightfall!"

Learn more: 

 The Colors of the Aurora (U.S.—National Park Service) 

https://www.nps.gov/articles/-articles-aps-v8-i1-c9.htm 

NASA - About Aurora 

https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/aurora-news-stories/index.html

Image Credit & Copyright: Ruslan Merzlyakov

Technical details: Canon EOS 6Da + Sigma 28mm f/1.4 + iOptron skytracker

Ruslan Merzlyakov on Instagram: https://instagram.com/astrorms

Location: Blokhus, Denmark

Capture Date: March 26, 2022

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