Aurora over North Dakota

Aurora over North Dakota

Photographer Lyndon Anderson: "Best viewing in quite some time. The photo that has orange colors, it was taken looking south as the auroral oval had moved south of my location. The colors were different from all my other photos due to possibly green and red blending some in the different levels of the atmosphere."

Auroras happen when charged particles from the Sun interact with Earth's magnetic field, creating dazzling light shows in the sky. The aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights, occurs in an upper layer of Earth’s atmosphere called the ionosphere.

Learn more & track auroras: 
https://www.aurorasaurus.org

How to find and photograph auroras: 
https://science.nasa.gov/feature/nasas-guide-to-finding-and-photographing-auroras/

North Dakota is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the indigenous Dakota and Sioux peoples. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north and by the U.S. states of Minnesota to the east, South Dakota to the south, and Montana to the west.

Image Credit: Lyndon Anderson 
Location: Baldwin, North Dakota, USA

Release Date: Nov. 12, 2025 

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