Timelapse footage of aurora borealis lighting the sky above two photographers and a weather station. The aurora borealis, or northern lights, are formed when charged particles in the solar wind are attracted to the Earth's poles by its magnetic field. The particles collide with gas molecules in the upper atmosphere, ionising them, and they emit light as they recombine. Filmed by Hornsund fjord, in southern Spitsbergen, Norway.
Stock Footage ID:
D30_37_118
License:
Royalty-free license
Contributor:
Science Photo Library
Clip length:
00:19
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No releases
Frame rate:
50.0 fps
Original codec:
M-JPEG
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