Aurora Borealis

Image: Peter Jeffery

… Rays of light shoot down from space, forming light draperies, which spread all over the sky. They really compare to draperies or curtains that are flickering in the wind. They also remind us of Swan Lake and other dance performances. We can see a violet and a red trimming at the lower and upper ends, or the colours all mixed together, woven into each other. The curtains disappear and form all over again by new rays of light shooting down from space. Above our head, we can see rays converging to a point in the sky, forming what is called an auroral corona…

Image: Jan Curtis

from: “Aurora - The magnificent northern lights” by I.A. Daglis and S.-I. Akasofu