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Lee Petersen<p>One of the brightest and fastest aurora displays I’ve ever seen. The sky lit up over Fairbanks in February 2015 — an intense pink band crawled across the sky, leaving green in its wake. The whole show lasted only a few minutes.</p><p>More aurora photos here:<br><a href="https://photos.lwpetersen.com/Galleries/Alaska-Photos/Aurora-Borealis" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">photos.lwpetersen.com/Gallerie</span><span class="invisible">s/Alaska-Photos/Aurora-Borealis</span></a></p><p><a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/winter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>winter</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/auroraborealis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auroraborealis</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/fairbanks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fairbanks</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/alaska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alaska</span></a> <a href="https://alaskan.social/tags/northernlights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>northernlights</span></a></p>
Himmis<p>Fast Drawing for Maoyuuki over at VK with her pretty gryphons playing around under the northern lights OvO//</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/furryart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>furryart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/drawing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drawing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/feral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>feral</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/cute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cute</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/detailed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>detailed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/digitalart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>digitalart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/wholesome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wholesome</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/happy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>happy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/commission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>commission</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>illustration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/background" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>background</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/scenery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scenery</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/gryphon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gryphon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/griffin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>griffin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/avian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>avian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/wings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/bird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bird</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birds</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/feathers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>feathers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/owl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>owl</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/auroraborealis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auroraborealis</span></a></p>
Robert Frank<p>Gestern 21:00 auf Sylt.<br><a href="https://nrw.social/tags/Nordlichter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nordlichter</span></a> <br><a href="https://nrw.social/tags/auroraborealis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auroraborealis</span></a></p>
Emma Östberg<p>Last night, at home. Which for those of you who don’t know is on the north east coast of Sweden. <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/aurora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aurora</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/auroraborealis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auroraborealis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/northernlights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>northernlights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/norrsken" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>norrsken</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/b%C3%A4sterbotten" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bästerbotten</span></a></p>
earthling<p>St Mary's accompaniment </p><p>The sky is filled with colour from the Northern Lights near St Mary’s lighthouse, Whitley Bay, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/England" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>England</span></a></p><p>Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/photography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>photography</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AuroraBorealis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AuroraBorealis</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NorthernLights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthernLights</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lighthouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lighthouse</span></a></p>
earthling<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/photography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>photography</span></a></span> </p><p>A view of northern lights over the skies of Rovaniemi, Lapland, Finland March 25, 2025. All About Lapland/Alexander Kuznetsov/Handout via REUTERS </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AuroraBorealis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AuroraBorealis</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NorthernLights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthernLights</span></a></p>
earthling<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/photography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>photography</span></a></span> </p><p>A view of northern lights over the skies of Sodankyla, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Lapland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lapland</span></a>, # Finland, October 7, 2024. All About Lapland/Alexander Kuznetsov/Handout via REUTERS</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AuroraBorealis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AuroraBorealis</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NorthernLights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthernLights</span></a></p>
earthling<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/photography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>photography</span></a></span> </p><p>Northern lights, also called aurora borealis, are seen in the night sky over a camping tent, during autumn in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Lapland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lapland</span></a>, near Abisko, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sweden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sweden</span></a> September 8, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AuroraBorealis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AuroraBorealis</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NorthernLights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthernLights</span></a></p>
earthling<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/photography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>photography</span></a></span> </p><p>A view of northern lights over the skies of Sodankyla, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Lapland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lapland</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Finland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Finland</span></a>, October 7, 2024. All About Lapland/Alexander Kuznetsov/Handout via REUTERS </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AuroraBorealis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AuroraBorealis</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NorthernLights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthernLights</span></a></p>
earthling<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/photography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>photography</span></a></span> </p><p>Mighty truck exhausts</p><p>orthern lights, also called aurora borealis, illuminate the night sky as cars park near a highway during autumn near Mo i Rana, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Norway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Norway</span></a> November 15, 2023. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AuroraBorealis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AuroraBorealis</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NorthernLights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthernLights</span></a></p>
earthling<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/photography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>photography</span></a></span> </p><p>Aurora warning. Brace your boat.</p><p>Northern lights, also called aurora borealis, illuminate the night sky over a boat on the shore in Sommaroy, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Norway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Norway</span></a> November 19, 2023. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AuroraBorealis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AuroraBorealis</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NorthernLights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthernLights</span></a></p>
earthling<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/photography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>photography</span></a></span> </p><p>A view of northern lights over the skies of Sodankyla, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Lapland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lapland</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Finland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Finland</span></a>, October 7, 2024. All About Lapland/Alexander Kuznetsov/Handout via REUTERS </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AuroraBorealis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AuroraBorealis</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NorthernLights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthernLights</span></a></p>
earthling<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/photography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>photography</span></a></span> </p><p>A view of northern lights over the skies of Sodankyla, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Lapland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lapland</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Finland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Finland</span></a>, October 7, 2024. All About Lapland/Alexander Kuznetsov/Handout via REUTERS </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AuroraBorealis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AuroraBorealis</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NorthernLight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthernLight</span></a></p>
earthling<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/photography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>photography</span></a></span> </p><p>Northern lights, also known as aurora borealis, light up the sky in Portland, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a>, U.S., October 10, 2024. @RobWrightImages via X/via REUTERS </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AuroraBorealis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AuroraBorealis</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NorthernLights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthernLights</span></a></p>
earthling<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/photography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>photography</span></a></span> </p><p>Northern lights, also known as aurora borealis, are seen at the Angel of the North in Gateshead, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Britain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Britain</span></a>, October 10, 2024. REUTERS/Lee Smith </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AuroraBorealis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AuroraBorealis</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NorthernLights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthernLights</span></a></p>
earthling<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/photography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>photography</span></a></span> </p><p>The aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights, light up the sky over an old farm yard near Herronton, Alberta, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> October 7, 2024. REUTERS/Todd Korol </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AuroraBorealis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AuroraBorealis</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NorthernLights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthernLights</span></a></p>
earthling<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/photography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>photography</span></a></span> </p><p>Painting the sky </p><p>The aurora borealis, known as the northern lights, illuminates the sky as seen from a passenger plane flying to Europe as it passes the southern coast of Greenland, April 28, 2023. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AuroraBorealis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AuroraBorealis</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NorthernLights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthernLights</span></a></p>
earthling<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/photography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>photography</span></a></span> </p><p>The aurora borealis or northern lights is seen over the sky near Inari in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Lapland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lapland</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Finland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Finland</span></a> February 14, 2019. REUTERS/Alexander Kuznetsov </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AuroraBorealis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AuroraBorealis</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NorthernLights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthernLights</span></a></p>
earthling<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/photography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>photography</span></a></span> </p><p>Farm SETI setup? </p><p>The aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights, light up the sky over a farmer's grain bins near Herronton, Alberta, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> October 7, 2024. REUTERS/Todd Korol </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AuroraBorealis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AuroraBorealis</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NorthernLights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthernLights</span></a></p>
earthling<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/photography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>photography</span></a></span> </p><p>View of northern lights illuminating the sky, in Tepasto, Finland, March 5, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Kuznetsov </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AuroraBorealis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AuroraBorealis</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NorthernLights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthernLights</span></a></p>