ANTARCTIC Book

Uploaded 8-Aug-09

Taken 29-Jul-05

12 of 182 photos

Northern Polar Light

Northern polar lights occur mostly between September and March. As charged electrons carried by the sun arrive in the earth’s magnetosphere and subsequently collide with atoms from the earth’s upper atmosphere, light is emitted. The green color in the picture comes from atomic oxygen or nitrogen ions.

Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II, f/4.5 @ 28 mm, 8s, ISO 640, No Flash

Last comment by jason on 5-Sep-10:

A-MA-ZING ( green sky) amazing!