Vivid Aurora Borealis over Sweden

Vivid Aurora Borealis over Sweden

Robbin Gälliner: "Wasn't planning to go out today but a friend sent me a text with a nice arc so decided to give it a try. Activity died down as my usual luck but then after over an hour of waiting this really intense substorm came from nowhere. Panic change from 50mm to wide angle, find focus and snap 3 shots, then it was over."

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/

Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east.

Image Credit: Robbin Gälliner 
Location: Frösön, Sweden
Release Date: Nov. 8, 2026 

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