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English: Northern lights in the night sky over Mývatn (Iceland). Polar aurorae are caused by the collision of charged particles in the solar wind with gases in the upper atmosphere. These collisions generate tiny flashes of light that fill the sky with veils of colour.
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Author Giles Laurent
Camera location65° 34′ 08.2″ N, 17° 00′ 41.6″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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Northern lights over Mývatn (Iceland)

inception

27 March 2022

coordinates of the point of view

65°34'8.198"N, 17°0'41.602"W

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current10:17, 14 December 2024Thumbnail for version as of 10:17, 14 December 20246,837 × 4,560 (33.82 MB)Giles LaurentOriginal version with no denoise
23:06, 28 December 2023Thumbnail for version as of 23:06, 28 December 20236,837 × 4,560 (13.51 MB)Giles LaurentUploaded own work with UploadWizard

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