One of the brightest and fastest aurora displays I’ve ever seen. The sky lit up over Fairbanks in February 2015 — an intense pink band crawled across the sky, leaving green in its wake. The whole show lasted only a few minutes.

More aurora photos here:
https://photos.lwpetersen.com/Galleries/Alaska-Photos/Aurora-Borealis

In Anchorage tonight. Photo by Lacee Johnson. #Alaska #NorthernLights

"Earth’s atmosphere is made up of different gases, mainly nitrogen and oxygen. The color of an aurora depends on the type of gas involved and how high up the collision occurs.

Aurora displays can occur at heights between approximately 80 and 500 km (50–311 miles) above Earth’s surface.

This also affects the colors that we see in the sky."

Article: https://www.timeanddate.com/news/astronomy/solar-maximum-aurora-colors

Last night, at home. Which for those of you who don’t know is on the north east coast of Sweden. #aurora #auroraborealis #northernlights #norrsken #bästerbotten

This is your 100-minute warning: Montana has a great chance to see the ISS glide overhead from 9:01-9:05 tonight AND a good chance to see the Northern Lights from ~9PM-12AM, too! BOGO!

I've just received an Aurorawatch app red alert, and it's fairly clear skies tonight at least where I am.

Should be a good chance for #AuroraBorealis sightings from the UK.

I’ve spent hundreds of nights watching the aurora in Alaska, but this night at Angel Rocks is still burned into my memory. I hiked up at sunset, found a spot on a rocky outcrop, and waited — and when the lights came, they came fast. One of the brightest, most intense aurora I’ve ever seen, racing across the sky and lighting up the whole valley below.

See more aurora in my gallery: https://photos.lwpetersen.com/Galleries/Alaska-Photos/Aurora-Borealis

Stars And Stripes

Through a gap in the clouds, the aurora is dancing.

Even the drizzle of a November night can't dampen the beauty of the green ballerina's display.

Berufjörður in eastern #Iceland.

@photography

The cabin under the aurora, in #Utsjoki, #Finland

Very happy with how this northern lights photo of myself turned out.

#SilentSunday

(You may need to click to see the full vertical image)

A few more from last night. #aurora #auroraborealis #northernlights #norrsken

Northern lights from Ohkola, Mäntsälä, Finland at 2am
#northernlights

The northern lights twist into a spiral above a snow-covered spruce forest near Fairbanks, Alaska.

My aurora gallery: https://photos.lwpetersen.com/Galleries/Alaska-Photos/Aurora-Borealis