nationalgeographicdaily: Doused in Green Photograph by Wayne Barsky Brilliant auroras dance over snow-capped mountains near the koyokuk River in Alaska, north of the Arctic Circle, in a long-exposure picture taken April 2. “It was an extremely dark and moonless night, and the frozen river and mountains were illuminated only by the aurora[s], which painted them a pale green, “photographer Barsky said. For high-latitude observers, auroras like this one are fairly common, occurring as many as two of three times a week during the spring and fall.  

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Doused in Green

Photograph by Wayne Barsky

Brilliant auroras dance over snow-capped mountains near the koyokuk River in Alaska, north of the Arctic Circle, in a long-exposure picture taken April 2.

“It was an extremely dark and moonless night, and the frozen river and mountains were illuminated only by the aurora[s], which painted them a pale green, “photographer Barsky said.

For high-latitude observers, auroras like this one are fairly common, occurring as many as two of three times a week during the spring and fall.  

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