Auroras over Northwest Territories

Auroras over Northwest Territories

Astrophotographer John David McKinnon: "The light, the movement, the colours, the absolute beauty of it all... nothing beats a good old Geomagnetic Aurora Storm at the N60° of Latitude."

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/

The Northwest Territories is a territory of Canada. It is bordered by the territories of Nunavut to the east and Yukon to the west, and by the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan to the south; it also touches Manitoba to the southeast at a quadripoint that includes Nunavut and Saskatchewan.

Image Credit: John David McKinnon 
Location: Fort Smith/Tthebacha, Northwest Territories, Canada
Date: April 18, 2026

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