APOD 1.3

I choose the Northern Lights this week because they have always fascinated me. I think that it is amazing that something like that can exist on the Earth because it seems more like science fiction than reality. It is so awesome how the interactions of the ionosphere and solar wind can create such beautiful colors and motions in the sky. I have always wanted to see them, but unfortunately we went to Alaska in the summer so the Sun never set far below the horizon, so the conditions weren't right. However, I hope to go when the conditions are right so that I can see them one day.