NATURAL EVENTS

Breathtaking images of the northern lights in Denmark

The northern lights have appeared in the sky over Denmark. In the proposed images it is admired by a group of people in the area of Hornbaek Strand, in North Sealand.

The aurora borealis is an optical phenomenon that occurs in the Earth's atmosphere. It is caused by bright bands of a wide range of shapes and colors that change rapidly in time and space. The colors are typically those of red-green-blue.

It is called northern lights or southern depending on whether it occurs in the northern or southern hemisphere of the Earth.

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Northern lights in Denmark
The northern lights have appeared in the sky over Denmark. In the proposed images it is admired by a group of people in the area of Hornbaek Strand, in North Sealand.
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The phenomenon of the aurora borealis
The aurora borealis is an optical phenomenon that occurs in the Earth's atmosphere. It is caused by bright bands of a wide range of shapes and colors that change rapidly in time and space. The colors are typically those of red-green-blue.
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Northern lights or southern lights
The phenomenon is called northern lights or southern lights depending on whether it occurs in the Earth's northern or southern hemisphere.
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Where you can see it
The northern lights are visible in two narrow bands around Earth's magnetic poles. Often, however, the northern lightsis also visible in areas less close to the poles, such as Scotland, or many parts of the Scandinavian peninsula. And in Denmark, indeed.
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The phenomenon of sounds
Sometimes, during the appearance of northern lights, sounds resembling hissing can also be heard. This is a phenomenon known as electrophonic sounds,
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Radio emissions
Northern lights are also often accompanied by real radio emissions in the VLF band, which are called aural chorus. The sound that can be heard is similar to that of a bird chorus.
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