Green Aurora 'Ribbon' over Norway

Green Aurora 'Ribbon' over Norway

Astrophotographer Hans Munthe-Kaas: "Beautiful display over Tromsø. Bright with vivid motion."

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: Hans Munthe-Kaas 
Location: Tromsø, Norway
Release Date: Oct. 20, 2026 

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