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Published: 2009-11-26 02:48:02 +0000 UTC; Views: 1120; Favourites: 55; Downloads: 0
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This is one the images from my first time photographing the Aurora Borealis, aka Northern Lights.Related content
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this is my favorite of all your aurora borealis pictures. it has a perfect blend of mountain, water, and sky. and there is a cloud in the right hand side that gives the whole picture a dash of menace.
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Your welcome! I'm just so amazed!
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where do I have to go, to see the northern lights?
looks really great.
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Thankyou!
Well.... They generally are more towards the north and south pole (Aurora Austrailius in the south). In Europe, I've seen a fair bit of pictures out of Norway so I imagine that would be a good choice but also northern Sweden and Russia. In North America, the northern parts of Canada, anywhere in the Yukon and Alaska are safe bets. It's best to see them in the winter due to longer nights but also from the Earth's tilt towards the sun in winter months. I can say this... if you (or anyone else) wish to see them, your best chances are during solar maximums when the sun is producing more solar flares (it goes through 11 year cycles) as there are generally stronger more frequent solar winds, which is what causes Northern lights. But during the solar maximum they can be seen often in more southern locations. They next solar maxium is coming up in 2012 (so they say). During the last on in 2000-2001 they where seen as far south as the Texas pan handle in North America.... the same day I took pictures of the Red ones (one on my Da frontpage)
Hope thats not too much info to digest 
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Oops *tilts away from the sun in the winter* solar wind is believed to backtrack through our magnetosphere
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Amazing! That is one of the things that is on the top of my list of things to see before I die!
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Thanks!
I highly recommend it 
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