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A man watches the northern lights above the city of Whitehorse in Canada's Yukon Territory. PHOTOGRAPH BY PETER MATHER, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION

Auroras seem to flow over a house in Nordland, Norway. PHOTOGRAPH BY SERGIO PITAMITZ, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION

A mountain peak juts into a view of the northern lights from the Vesteralen Islands of Norway. PHOTOGRAPH BY SERGIO PITAMITZ, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION

Auroras can be different colors depending on the types of gases interacting with solar particles and the height of the atmospheric layer involved. PHOTOGRAPH BY NORBERT ROSING, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION

Auroras hang in the night sky over Canada's Northwest Territories. PHOTOGRAPH BY PAUL NICKLEN, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION

The moon shines through a northern lights display seen from Laksefjorden in Norway. PHOTOGRAPH BY ERLEND HAARBERG, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION

Scotch pines stand against a sky filled with auroras in Gjenvollhytta, Norway. PHOTOGRAPH BY ORSOLYA HAARBERG, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION

Northern lights turn the sky green behind a church in Iceland. PHOTOGRAPH BY RAUL TOUZON, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION

An aurora creates streamers of light over Canada's Yukon Territory. Auroras are most commonly seen at high latitudes because solar particles follow Earth's magnetic field lines, and so they are funneled toward the Poles. PHOTOGRPAH BY PAUL NICKLEN, NAT G

Shimmering curtains of light adorn the night sky over Alaska. Known as the aurora borealis, or northern lights, these displays are created when charged particles from the sun interact with gases in Earth's atmosphere. PHOTOGRAPH BY MARK THIESSEN, NAT GEO

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A man watches the northern lights above the city of Whitehorse in Canada's Yukon Territory. PHOTOGRAPH BY PETER MATHER, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION

Auroras seem to flow over a house in Nordland, Norway. PHOTOGRAPH BY SERGIO PITAMITZ, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION

A mountain peak juts into a view of the northern lights from the Vesteralen Islands of Norway. PHOTOGRAPH BY SERGIO PITAMITZ, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION

Auroras can be different colors depending on the types of gases interacting with solar particles and the height of the atmospheric layer involved. PHOTOGRAPH BY NORBERT ROSING, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION

Auroras hang in the night sky over Canada's Northwest Territories. PHOTOGRAPH BY PAUL NICKLEN, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION

The moon shines through a northern lights display seen from Laksefjorden in Norway. PHOTOGRAPH BY ERLEND HAARBERG, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION

Scotch pines stand against a sky filled with auroras in Gjenvollhytta, Norway. PHOTOGRAPH BY ORSOLYA HAARBERG, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION

Northern lights turn the sky green behind a church in Iceland. PHOTOGRAPH BY RAUL TOUZON, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION

An aurora creates streamers of light over Canada's Yukon Territory. Auroras are most commonly seen at high latitudes because solar particles follow Earth's magnetic field lines, and so they are funneled toward the Poles. PHOTOGRPAH BY PAUL NICKLEN, NAT G

Shimmering curtains of light adorn the night sky over Alaska. Known as the aurora borealis, or northern lights, these displays are created when charged particles from the sun interact with gases in Earth's atmosphere. PHOTOGRAPH BY MARK THIESSEN, NAT GEO

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A man watches the northern lights above the city of Whitehorse in Canada's Yukon Territory. PHOTOGRAPH BY PETER MATHER, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION

Auroras seem to flow over a house in Nordland, Norway. PHOTOGRAPH BY SERGIO PITAMITZ, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION

A mountain peak juts into a view of the northern lights from the Vesteralen Islands of Norway. PHOTOGRAPH BY SERGIO PITAMITZ, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION

Auroras can be different colors depending on the types of gases interacting with solar particles and the height of the atmospheric layer involved. PHOTOGRAPH BY NORBERT ROSING, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION

Auroras hang in the night sky over Canada's Northwest Territories. PHOTOGRAPH BY PAUL NICKLEN, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION

The moon shines through a northern lights display seen from Laksefjorden in Norway. PHOTOGRAPH BY ERLEND HAARBERG, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION

Scotch pines stand against a sky filled with auroras in Gjenvollhytta, Norway. PHOTOGRAPH BY ORSOLYA HAARBERG, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION

Northern lights turn the sky green behind a church in Iceland. PHOTOGRAPH BY RAUL TOUZON, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION

An aurora creates streamers of light over Canada's Yukon Territory. Auroras are most commonly seen at high latitudes because solar particles follow Earth's magnetic field lines, and so they are funneled toward the Poles. PHOTOGRPAH BY PAUL NICKLEN, NAT G

Shimmering curtains of light adorn the night sky over Alaska. Known as the aurora borealis, or northern lights, these displays are created when charged particles from the sun interact with gases in Earth's atmosphere. PHOTOGRAPH BY MARK THIESSEN, NAT GEO

AURORA PICTURES