Aurora Borealis over Norway by Moonlight | Earth Science

Aurora Borealis over Norway by Moonlight | Earth Science

Ivar Sandland "Clear skies. Moonlight adding light to landscape. Fjord and forest near Bodø, Norway."

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.

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/

Image Credit: Ivar Sandland

Location: Bodø, Northern Norway

Image Details: Sony A7IV/Sony GM14mm F1.8 1.6s, ISO 2000, Gitzo tripod

Ivar's website: https://en.nordlandturselskap.no/
Date: Feb. 22, 2026

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