northern lights
Arctic sky dance
The northern lights are colorful displays of light in the night sky near the Arctic, caused by charged particles from the sun interacting with Earth's atmosphere.
The lights shimmer in curtains of green, purple, and red, drawing tourists to northern latitudes: We traveled to Iceland to see the northern lights.
Also called aurora borealis. (Capitalized Northern Lights may refer to the phenomenon treated as a proper noun.)
Aurora Borealis
Polar atmospheric luminescence
waves · glow · dance · colors · green · purple · pink · red · luminescence · display
- night skystars, moon, constellations, shooting stars, constellation
- weather phenomenatornado, wind, hurricane, gust, blizzard
- AlaskaFairbanks, Juneau, Denali, Sitka, Kodiak
- ArcticArctic Circle, Arctic Ocean, Arctic wildlife, Arctic exploration, Arctic research
- astronomy termseclipse, solar eclipse, lunar eclipse, star, meteor shower
- NorwayOslo, Bergen, Trondheim, fjord, fjords
northern lightssunset
Day yielding to darkness
sunrise · darkness · starless sky · light pollution · overcast sky
northern lightssunset
Day yielding to darkness
sunrise · twilight · daylight · golden hour
north, northern, northwest, northeast, northward, northerner, northwards, northwestern, northerners