Aurora chaser Vincent Ledvina captured a nearly 2-minute long video of a brilliant green display of the Northern Lights near Fairbanks.
Alaska is no stranger to Northern Lights displays, but a show Sunday night was surely one for the books.
captured this nearly 2-minute long video of a brilliant green display of the Northern Lights near Fairbanks.Vivid Northern Lights displays usually follow a few days after solar events known as coronal mass ejections or solar flares. The flares bring a barrage of electrons that interact with oxygen and nitrogen in Earth’s magnetic field that surrounds the outside of our planet.
Aurora chaser Vincent Ledvina captured a video of a brilliant green display of the Northern Lights near Fairbanks.Vincent Ledvina The electrons briefly energize the oxygen and nitrogen molecules, and when the moment passes, the molecules release a bit of light. The color of the light depends on the gas — oxygen is primarily responsible for greens and yellows while nitrogen gives off more of the blue hues.
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