Extraordinary Video of Aurora in Denmark
By Grace Muller, AccuWeather.com Staff Writer
Oct 25, 2011; 9:28 AM ET
Here is some great news if you missed the Northern Lights in October... there will be more opportunities to see them.
People are more likely to see the Northern Lights during the sun's active period. Meteorologist Mark Paquette said that when the sun is more active, "the sun interacts with the Earth more. Probably the most obvious of these interactions are the Northern and Southern lights."
"The electrifying and rare greenish lights dancing in the sky was a very awesome sight," Denmark photographer Jesper Grønne said, "knowing that what you see right now, is a burst of particles from our star, hitting our atmosphere, causing it to glow."
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"Aurora Borealis is somewhat rare in Denmark," Grønne said. "Little Denmark is the southern part of Scandinavia, just north of Germany. In countries like Norway, Sweden, Canada or Greenland, aurora is more frequent, and when it is there, it often fills the sky."
"There will be more opportunities to see them," Paquette wrote. "The sun is approaching its most active part of the solar cycle, so for the next year or so we will see more sunspots, more coronal mass ejections, more solar flares and more chances to see nature's stunning light show."
Michigan Tech's Aurora website can help you figure out when you'll be able to see the Northern Lights in your state.
ALSO: Grønne made this video of the Northern Lights in the beginning of August.
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