This aurora pic hails from September 2010; the colors are just gorgeous and worth belatedly posting. Enjoy your Tuesday!
Northern lights, or aurora borealis, stride across clouds above Ersfjord, Norway, shortly before 1 a.m. on September 15.
The display was all the more impressive because the moon had already set, scientists say. When it’s above the horizon, the moon can wash out all but the most intense of displays with its light.


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