Aurora over Northern Norway | Earth Science

Aurora over Northern Norway | Earth Science

Astrophotographer Ivar Sandland: "Moonlight level at 80% in crispy cold winter and snow. No need for a headlamp hiking near Bodø at night."

Also known as the northern lights (aurora borealis) or southern lights (aurora australis), 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: Ivar Sandland

Location: Bodø, Northern Norway

Image Details: Sony A7IV, 14mm F1.8, 0.8s/ISO1600
Ivar's website: https://en.nordlandturselskap.no
Release Date: Feb. 4, 2026

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