Awesome timelapse of Northern Lights

Landscape photographer Terje Sorgjerd shares here her amazing time lapse video of the Northern Lights, or Aurora Borealis as it's known. It reportedly took her 4 years to compile all the footage, and we must say, it looks like it was worth it. Especially set to the soundtrack of Gladiator. The footage was shot with ...

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NASA’s THEMIS Mission Brings Back Colliding Auroras

Now here's an awesome sight for you, folks--colliding auroras. You know auroras, right? Those big bands of electromagnetic hoo-ha that make all the pretty colors in the upper atmosphere?  Yeah, those!  Well, apparently, the crew out at UCLA discovered something that no one had caught before now--sometimes auroras smack into each other, making those startling effects.  ...

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