Northern Lights

The Northern lights is also known as "Aurora Borealis" is usually found in the polar zone is actually  lights which are observed only at night. How I wish I can be there to see the lights together with Sharon. That would be a dream wish to actually go and see this wonderful lights. The aurora borealis most often occurs from September to October and from March to April according to Wikipedia.

So what are these lights and how are they formed?

Auroras are produced by the collision of charged particles from Earth's magnetosphere, mostly electrons but also protons and heavier particles, with atoms and molecules of Earth's upper atmosphere (at altitudes above 80 km). The particles have energies of 1 to 100 keV. They originate from the Sun and arrive at the vicinity of Earth in the relatively low-energy solar wind. When the trapped magnetic field of the solar wind is favourably oriented (principally southwards) it reconnects with Earth's magnetic field, and solar particles enter the magnetosphere and are swept to the magnetotail. Further magnetic reconnection accelerates the particles towards Earth.

The collisions in the atmosphere electronically excite atoms and molecules in the upper atmosphere. The excitation energy can be lost by light emission or collisions. Most aurorae are green and red emission from atomic oxygen. Molecular nitrogen and nitrogen ions produce some low level red and very high blue/violet aurorae. The light blue colors are produced by ionic nitrogen and the neutral nitrogen gives off the red and purple color with the rippled edges. Different gases interacting with the upper atmosphere will produce different colors, caused by the different compounds of oxygen and nitrogen.

Thanks to Wikipedia :)

Anyway enjoy the pictures. 

 

Honestly the lights reminds me of God resting and smoking his pipe and leaving a wonderful trail of smoke for us to enjoy and see...

 

God is a wonderful artist who paints the skies even at night.