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The Aurora Borealis "danced" in the sky above Norway

Last updated: 30/01/2012 // The Northern Lights have lit up the skies above Scotland, Canada and Norway after the biggest Solar storm that has hit the Earth since 2005.

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Even before the effects of this storm reached the Earth, this spectacular natural phenomenon was recently visible in the sky above Scotland, Ireland, England and Scandinavia, coloring the sky above Norway in captivating green.

Here you can read an interesting article about Aurora Borealis visible recently in the sky above Norway - daily newspaper Politika (January 26th, 2012) in Serbian (pdf)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2091117/The-midnight-phoenix-rises-Biggest-solar-storms-seven-years-create-spectacular-northern-lights.html

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Source: Norwegian Embassy in Belgrade R.S. from daily newspaper Politika | Share on your network |

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The Northern Lights are caused by particles from the sun colliding with atoms in the outer reaches of Earth’s atmosphere, 60 to 200 miles up. These particles stream away from the sun at speeds of about 1million mph after events called 'coronal mass ejections' on the sun's surface, and are drawn to Earth’s northern and southern poles by its magnetic field. Which atoms the electrons encounter when they hit the Earth – either oxygen or nitrogen – and the altitude at which they meet, determine whether the colours are green, red, blue or purple. The lights have been seen so far south because the solar explosion that sent out the particles was particularly strong.

The Aurora Borealis "danced" in the sky above Norway

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Royal Norwegian Embassy in Belgrade