Aurora on 'Top of the World': View from Norway

Aurora on 'Top of the World': View from Norway

Astrophotographer Karsten Berger: "The North Cape is known for its notoriously bad weather. Last night, we were fortunate to experience clear skies and an active aurora display."

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: Karsten Berger
Location: North Cape, Norway
Date: Sept. 12, 2026

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