Northern lights

The northern lights are created when energized particles from the sun slam into Earth's upper atmosphere at speeds of up to 45 million mph, but our planet's magnetic field protects us from the onslaught.

[Shutterbug]

Spectacular color. Beautiful capture.

[Linda Godwin]

What a glorious sight!!!

[Islandgirl]

What a great capture!

[Glover Shearron, Jr.]

👍👍👍

[Barb]

Absolutely gorgeous!

[Rick]

Amazing capture.

[Maggiemae]

A unique and well composed photo! fav

[*lynn]

so beautiful

[Krista Mae]

So great

[eDorre]

Magical

[Diana]

Beautiful.

[Casablanca]

That's a lovely one. So sweeping.

[Chrissie]

Glorious

[Beverley]

The orange lights reflection add a wonderful balance. The stars are bright… I Love this photo… awesomeness

[Neil]

Wonderful

[Joan Robillard]

Fantastic

[Susan Wakely]

So lovely to see.

[Liz Gooster]

Incredible

[Faye Turner]

Beautiful

[KV]

Stellar shot.

[PhotoCrazy]

Beautiful!

[vaidas]

So beautiful

[Beryl Lloyd]

Amazingly beautiful ! fav

[Zilli~]

Amazing

[bkb in the city]

Beautiful shot

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Stunning fav!

[Kate]

You’ve captured the beauty of the northern lights.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Wonderful looking sky.

[Michelle]

Amazing capture

[Corinne C]

Such an amazing shot! Bravo!

[Allison Maltese]

Beautifully captured. Everyone here in CT was very excited to see and photograph them this week.

[Pat Knowles]

Wow….it must have been mind blowing!

[Christine Sztukowski]

Absolutely amazing

[Carole Sandford]

Fabulous!

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Amazing shot

[Kerry McCarthy]

Stunning!

[LManning (Laura)]

Beautiful!

[haskar]

Amazing.

[Wylie]

fabulous shot.

[Vesna]

Amazing photo.