Aurora Borealis
Welcome to my Aurora Borealis / Northern Lights and dark sky gallery. The “northern lights” are caused by collisions between fast moving electron particles from space sent towards earth from the sun. When these particles collide with oxygen and nitrogen gas molecules in the atmosphere the results are colorful displays of light. The color of the aurora depends on which gas is being excited by the electrons and on how much energy is being exchanged. Oxygen emits either a greenish-yellow light the most commonly seen color or a red light, nitrogen gas generally gives off a blue light. You can see all of these colors and more in my gallery as well as examples of another light emitting phenomenon known as airglow. Airglow is a very weak emission of green or red light by the planetary atmosphere all of the below images have been taken in Michigan.
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The Mackinac Bridge with the aurora low on the horizon taken at 6:45 AM on Ocober 8, 2012.
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fotoeffects
on Nov 11Beautiful!
jimholmquist
on Nov 11Wonderful night shot!
Photoarts
on Nov 11Well composed night shot, nice.
Ceasar Sharper
on Nov 11Thank you for sharing, I too have a passion for nature photography. originally from Michigan, I am inspired to return to photograph the Aurora Borealis. You have many outstanding images. Well done!
nelli
on Dec 31breathtaking
MorganFractals
on Dec 31I love this night time photo. Composition, stars, cool clouds, nice lights, great reflections...well done!!
EyeImage
on Dec 31Gorgeous shot!