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Northern lights over Mývatn (Iceland)

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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.
Date Taken on 27 March 2022, 00:24:49
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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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