The Aurora Borealis

This video explains how particles originating from deep inside the core of the sun creates northern lights, also called aurora borealis, on our planet.

See an extended multimedia version of this video at forskning.no (only in Norwegian):
http://www.forskning.no/artikler/2011...

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This video is produced by forskning.no in collaboration with the Department of Physics at the University of Oslo.

Production, animation and music: Per Byhring

Script: Arnfinn Christensen

Scientific advisors: Jøran Moen, Hanne Sigrun Byhring and Pål Brekke

Video of the northern lights: arcticlightphoto.no

Video of coronal mass ejection: NASA