Beauty of the Northern Lights

Photo from: http://en.wikipedia.org

To start the year with something beautiful, I posted a photo of an aurora borealis. This wonderful photo is taken    from an article and is shot as it shines above Bear Lake, Alaska. They really look like green curtains in the northern sky. It is said that auroras, like the one  above are caused by the collision of charged particles from solar winds and particles in the Earth's atmosphere. This collision causes the wonderful scenery. It can only be seen near the poles because of Earth's magnetosphere. I hope you enjoy it.