Saturday, October 10, 2026

More Pink Aurora Borealis over Finland

More Pink Aurora Borealis over Finland








Astrophotographer Karsten Berger: "Around midnight bright ribbons appeared that danced all over the sky in green and pink hues."

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/

Finland is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, opposite Estonia. Levi is located in Finnish Lapland. At a latitude of 67.8° north, it is approximately 170 km (110 mi) north of the Arctic Circle.

Image Credit: Karsten Berger
Location: Levi, Finland
Dates: Oct. 8-9, 2026

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