Aurora Borealis with Moonlight: View from Norway | Earth Science

Aurora Borealis with Moonlight: View from Norway | Earth Science

Photographer Eva Kristiansen: "A beautiful evening drifting into night, bathed in moonlight and crowned by glorious Northern Lights pure magic, simply breathtaking."

Also known as the southern lights (aurora australis) or northern lights (aurora borealis), auroras are colorful, dynamic, and often visually delicate displays of an intricate dance of particles and magnetism between the Sun and Earth called space weather. When energetic particles from space collide with atoms and molecules in the atmosphere, they can cause the colorful glow that we call auroras.

Learn more about auroras: 
https://science.nasa.gov/sun/auroras/

Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden, and is bordered by Finland and Russia to the northeast.

Image Credit: Eva Kristiansen

Image Details: Nikon D850
Location: Tromsø, Norway
Eva's website: https://www.instagram.com/xevitak/
Date: Feb. 23, 2026

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