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Northern Lights Over Finland
Photographer Thomas Kast captured this image of the northern lights at 2:15 a.m. on Aug. 31 from Oulunsalo, Finland. [
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Auroramax, March 17, 2013, 03:13 MDT
Credit: Auroramax
Canada's automated aurora camera tweeted this photo on March 17, 2013. The tweet read: "AURORAMAX GALLERY • Latest #photo of #aurora borealis above Yellowknife, NWT taken at 03:13 MDT on March 17, 2013. pic.twitter.com/E9q7pQJ1l7"
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Auroramax, March 17, 2013, 00:09 MDT
Credit: Auroramax
Canada's automated aurora camera tweeted this photo on March 17, 2013. The tweet read: "AURORAMAX GALLERY • Latest #photo of #aurora borealis above Yellowknife, NWT taken at 00:09 MDT on March 17, 2013. pic.twitter.com/tzWItOaBZj"
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Auroramax, March 17, 2013, 04:25 MDT
Credit: Auroramax
Canada's automated aurora camera tweeted this photo on March 17, 2013. The tweet read: "AURORAMAX GALLERY • Latest #photo of #aurora borealis above Yellowknife, NWT taken at 04:25 MDT on March 17, 2013. pic.twitter.com/60qiNmRoFI"
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Aurora Over Abisko National Park, Sweden
Credit: Chad Blakley
Astrophotographer Chad Blakley videotaped the moon and an aurora resulting from the geomagnetic storm of March 16-17, 2013, over Abisko National Park, Sweden. This image was taken from the video.
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Aurora Over Abisko National Park, Sweden #2
Credit: Lights Over Lapland/Chad Blakley
Astrophotographer Chad Blakley videotaped the moon and an aurora resulting from the geomagnetic storm of March 16-17, 2013, over Abisko National Park, Sweden. This image was taken from the video.
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Aurora Over Abisko National Park, Sweden #3
Credit: Lights Over Lapland/Chad Blakley
Astrophotographer Chad Blakley videotaped the moon and an aurora resulting from the geomagnetic storm of March 16-17, 2013, over Abisko National Park, Sweden. This image was taken from the video.
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Aurora Over Abisko National Park, Sweden #4
Credit: Lights Over Lapland/Chad Blakley
Astrophotographer Chad Blakley videotaped the moon and an aurora resulting from the geomagnetic storm of March 16-17, 2013, over Abisko National Park, Sweden. This image was taken from the video.
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Guide to the Auroras (Infographic)
Credit: Karl Tate, SPACE.com Contributor
The northern lights are more formally known as auroras, and are caused by interactions between the solar wind and the Earth's magnetic field.
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Aurora Over Alta, Norway #1
Credit: Sanjiv Modi
Astrophotographer Sanjiv Modi captured this image of the Northern Lights from Alta, Norway on March 18 and 19, 2013.
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Aurora Over Alta, Norway #2
Credit: Sanjiv Modi
Astrophotographer Sanjiv Modi captured this image of the Northern Lights from Alta, Norway on March 18 and 19, 2013.
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Aurora Over Alta, Norway #3
Credit: Sanjiv Modi
Astrophotographer Sanjiv Modi captured this image of the Northern Lights from Alta, Norway on March 18 and 19, 2013.
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Aurora Over Alta, Norway #4
Credit: Sanjiv Modi
Astrophotographer Sanjiv Modi captured this image of the Northern Lights from Alta, Norway on March 18 and 19, 2013.
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Aurora Over Alta, Norway #5
Credit: Sanjiv Modi
Astrophotographer Sanjiv Modi captured this image of the Northern Lights from Alta, Norway on March 18 and 19, 2013.
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Aurora Over Alta, Norway #6
Credit: Sanjiv Modi
Astrophotographer Sanjiv Modi captured this image of the Northern Lights from Alta, Norway on March 18 and 19, 2013.
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Aurora Over Alta, Norway #7
Credit: Sanjiv Modi
Astrophotographer Sanjiv Modi captured this image of the Northern Lights from Alta, Norway on March 18 and 19, 2013.
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Aurora Over Alta, Norway #8
Credit: Sanjiv Modi
Astrophotographer Sanjiv Modi captured this image of the Northern Lights from Alta, Norway on March 18 and 19, 2013.
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Aurora Over Alta, Norway #9
Credit: Sanjiv Modi
Astrophotographer Sanjiv Modi captured this image of the Northern Lights from Alta, Norway on March 18 and 19, 2013.
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Aurora Over Alta, Norway #10
Credit: Sanjiv Modi
Astrophotographer Sanjiv Modi captured this image of the Northern Lights from Alta, Norway on March 18 and 19, 2013.
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Aurora Over Alta, Norway #11
Credit: Sanjiv Modi
Astrophotographer Sanjiv Modi captured this image of the Northern Lights from Alta, Norway on March 18 and 19, 2013.
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Aurora Over Alta, Norway #12
Credit: Sanjiv Modi
Astrophotographer Sanjiv Modi captured this image of the Northern Lights from Alta, Norway on March 18 and 19, 2013.
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Aurora Over Yellowknife, NWT, Canada
Credit: Auroramax
An aurora is photographed by the Auroramax automated camera in Canada's Northwest Territories on April 26, 2013.
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Aurora Over Sweden's Abisko National Park
The aurora borealis shines in this footage captured in Sweden's Abisko National Park by photographer Chad Blakley, who created a video compilation of his footage to provide a "virtual real-time" view of the Northern Lights.
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Aurora Over Sweden
The aurora borealis shines in this footage captured in Sweden's Abisko National Park by photographer Chad Blakley, who created a video compilation of his footage to provide a "virtual real-time" view of the Northern Lights.
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Aurora Over Swedish Park
This view of the aurora borealis over Sweden was captured by astrophotographer Chad Blakley.
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Aurora Over Abisko National Park
This view of the aurora borealis over Sweden was captured by astrophotographer Chad Blakley.
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Aurora Borealis Over Sweden
This view of the aurora borealis over Sweden was captured by astrophotographer Chad Blakley.
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Aurora Borealis Over Abisko Park
This view of the aurora borealis over Sweden was captured by astrophotographer Chad Blakley.
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Aurora Over Swedish National Park
This view of the aurora borealis over Sweden was captured by astrophotographer Chad Blakley.
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Aurora Over Abisko
This view of the aurora borealis over Sweden was captured by astrophotographer Chad Blakley.
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Aurora Over Abisko Park in Sweden
This view of the aurora borealis over Sweden was captured by astrophotographer Chad Blakley.
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Abisko National Park Auroras
This view of the aurora borealis over Sweden was captured by astrophotographer Chad Blakley.
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Kast's First Aurora of the Season
Credit: © Thomas Kast, All Rights Reserved
Astrophotographer Thomas Kast sent in his first photo of an auroral display this season, taken in Nallikari Beach, Oulo, Finland on Aug. 22, 2013.
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Aurora 'Beach Party' in Finland
Credit: © Thomas Kast, All Rights Reserved
Astrophotographer Thomas Kast sent in a photo of an auroral display taken in Oulunsalo, Finland on Aug. 23, 2013, which he dubbed an "aurora beach party."
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Aurora Over Desert Mountain, Montana
Photographer Jacob Eubank sent in a photo of an auroral display and a campfire taken July 5, 2013 at Desert Mountain, Montana.
