The Aurora Borealis, also commonly known as the northern lights or southern lights (aurora australis), is a natural light display in Earth’s sky, predominantly seen in high-latitude regions (around the Arctic and the Antarctic). Auroras display dynamic patterns of brilliant lights that appear as curtains, rays, spirals, or dynamic flickers covering the entire sky. A full understanding of the physical processes which lead to different types of auroras is still incomplete, but the basic cause involves the interaction of the solar wind with Earth’s magnetosphere.
The aurora borealis is visible from areas around the Arctic such as Alaska, the Canadian Territories, Iceland, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Scotland and Siberia. On rare occasions the aurora borealis can be seen as far south as the Mediterranean and the southern states of the US, as was the case this past week, with some spectacular sights as captured with these two photos in British Columbia, Canada and Edinburgh, Scotland, and the first set of four from St. Mary's Lighthouse, UK.
Aurora Borealis as seen from Edinburgh, Scotland.
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