Multicolored Northern Lights over Finland

Multicolored Northern Lights over Finland

    

Astrophotographer Karsten Berger: "The CME arrived late, but it did not disappoint. The colors were visible to the naked eye. Simply stunning. Even blue colors were present."

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. 10, 2026

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