These spectacular photographs, taken from Spaceweather.com, capture the beauty of the Northern Lights, or Aurora Borealis. Sylvain Serre took this picture in Salluit, Nunavik, Quebec, Canada, on March 25 2009
Sylvain Serre, Salluit, Nunavik, Quebec, Canada Mar. 4, 2009
Another of Sylvain's pictures, taken the same night. Auroras are most often seen around the spring and autumn equinox
They are most often seen in Canada, Alaska, Siberia, Greenland and the Scandinavian countries, though they can also be witnessed in northern Scotland
Sylvain Serre, Salluit, Nunavik, Quebec, Canada, Mar. 22, 2009
They are caused by charged particles in the Earth's magnetosphere colliding with atoms and molecules in the upper atmosphere when the solar wind collides with the edge of the Earth's magnetic field
Sylvain Serre, Salluit, Nunavik, Quebec, Canada Mar. 25, 2009
Daryl Pederson, Nome, Alaska Mar. 21, 2009
Rune Christianse, Nuuk, Greenland Mar. 13, 2009
Akhmetsafin Ruslan, Aykhal, Yakutia, Russia (Siberia) Mar. 24, 2009
Gilles Boutin, Salluit Nunavik Canada Mar. 23, 2009
Gilles Boutin, Salluit, Nunavik Canada Mar. 26, 2009
Gilles Boutin, Salluit Nunavik Canada Mar. 23, 2009
Amara Eren, Chena Hotsprings, Faibanks, AK Mar. 3, 2009
Aleksander Chernucho, Mt. Khibiny, Kolyskia peninsula, Russia Mar. 12, 2009
Ab Kuenzli, North Pole, Alaska Mar. 12, 2009
Peter, Reykjavik, Iceland Mar. 13, 2009
J G Russell, Chena Hot Springs, near Fairbanks AK Mar. 20, 2009
J G Russell, Chena Hot Springs, near Fairbanks AK Mar. 20, 2009
Thomas Bojer Eltorp, Nuuk, Greenland Mar. 16, 2009
