An Elusive Green Light

As seen on the National Geographic News, the famed northern lights shine across the shores of Pontoon Lake in Canada’s Northwest Territories. Green is the most common color of this natural phenomenon that has dazzled sky-watchers for millennia. The image is made during an aurora photo tour that regularly runs by the TWAN photographer in Canada. Click on the second photo to see a picture of the tour participants under aurora-filled sky.