Northern Lights in Norway
Categories: Nature
By Pictolic https://pictolic.com/article/northern-lights-in-norway.htmlOn September 30, Reuters photographer Yannis Behrakis took a series of stunning images of one of the most beautiful light phenomena in nature — the Aurora Borealis near the Norwegian village of Mestervik, located beyond the Arctic Circle.
A tourist photographs the northern lights over the municipality of Balsfjord, near the village of Mestervik. (© Yannis Behrakis / Reuters)
The aurora borealis is the glow of the upper layers of the atmospheres of planets with a magnetosphere, due to their interaction with charged particles of the solar wind. In the Northern Hemisphere it is also called the Northern lights, and in the high latitudes of the Southern hemisphere — the southern. (© Yannis Behrakis / Reuters)
The aurora borealis has many colors. Green is the most common color. (© Yannis Behrakis / Reuters)
The color of the aurora depends on which gas particles the solar wind interacts with. And this is determined by the layer of the atmosphere in which the interaction takes place. (© Yannis Behrakis / Reuters)
It is almost impossible to predict exactly when it will be possible to observe the northern lights. (© Yannis Behrakis / Reuters)
The most likely places to see the Northern Lights are in Finland, northern Norway and Iceland. (© Yannis Behrakis / Reuters)
Those who managed to observe this amazing phenomenon can be considered lucky. (© Yannis Behrakis / Reuters)
(© Yannis Behrakis / Reuters)
(© Yannis Behrakis / Reuters)
(© Yannis Behrakis / Reuters)
Keywords: Norway | Northern Lights
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