Ali Mclean

Movement and shape, it’s all about movement and shape!

Written by Ali Mclean
Wednesday, 23 April 2014

I must apologise if the title of this missive sounds like a football coach drilling his players about finding space and remaining focussed but movement and shape are key when it comes to the Northern Lights.

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Movement and shape. Credit: Antti Pietikainen

The vast majority of Auroras are green, very often myriad shades of green but multi-coloured displays are rare.


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