Sunday, January 29, 2012

Daze of the week: A glittering gallery of Northern Lights from the past seven days (thanks to biggest solar storms in six years)

By NICK ENOCH

The Northern Lights were captured on camera this week in Southern Iceland

Over the past week, fantastic displays of the Northern Lights have occurred in Norway, Iceland... and even the UK.
The spectacular shows in the night sky were due to the biggest solar storm in more than six years, which bombarded Earth with radiation.
Here, we present some of the best images taken of the lights, known as the aurora borealis,

The aurora borealis as seen near the city of Trondheim, Norway on Tuesday

The aurora borealis, or Northern Lights, are seen near the city of Tromsoe, northern Norway, last Tuesday

This amazing image of the lights was taken near Alnwick, Northumberland. They are rarely seen in the UK - and normally appear above Icleland

A breathtaking free light show on the Pennine moorland at the County Durham-North Yorkshire border early last week



source: dailymail



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