Brilliant splashes of color lit up the night skies across North America on May 14-15, 2005 as seen in this stunning photo of Aurora Borealis, taken five miles outside Kearney, Nebraska.
Brilliant splashes of color lit up the night skies across North America on May 14-15, 2005 as seen in this stunning photo of Aurora Borealis, better known as the “northern lights.”
Aurorae form when a “solar wind” of charged particles from the Sun enters Earth’s magnetic field, accelerating electrically charged particles trapped within. The high-speed particles then crash into Earth’s upper atmosphere over the polar regions, causing the atmosphere to emit a ghostly, multicolored glow.
This photo was taken five miles outside Kearney, Nebraska. Image courtesy of Mark Urwiller.› Link to associated news item