smithsonianmag: This Week’s Breathtaking Aurora Borealis Recent storms on the surface of the sun, though, have produced levels of solar particles towards the earth not seen for a decade—and dazzling northern lights. Photo by AP Photo/Scanpix Norway, Rune Stoltz Bertinussen Ed note: Click here if you want to skip straight to our gallery of the best photos from the recent northern lights

smithsonianmag:

This Week’s Breathtaking Aurora Borealis

Recent storms on the surface of the sun, though, have produced levels of solar particles towards the earth not seen for a decade—and dazzling northern lights.

Photo by AP Photo/Scanpix Norway, Rune Stoltz Bertinussen

Ed note: Click here if you want to skip straight to our gallery of the best photos from the recent northern lights

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