Astrophotos: Beautiful Aurora Over Norway

By Nancy Atkinson - March 12, 2013 at 3:16 PM UTC | Solar Astronomy
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Photographer Frank Olsen from Norway heads out almost nightly this time of year to regularly see and photograph what many of us can only dream about seeing: beautiful, shimmering aurorae. These beautiful sights must be payback for enduring the long winters in northern Norway. You can see more of Frank's beautiful imagery of aurora, the night sky and more at

his Flickr page

,

his website

(he has prints for sale) or

his Facebook page.

More below:

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Aurora seen in Roksøy, Norway. March 2013. Credit and copyright: Frank Olsen. [/caption]

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Aurora as seen over Nøss, Nordland in Norway, on March 4, 2013. Credit and copyright: Frank Olsen. [/caption]

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Nancy Atkinson

Nancy Atkinson

Nancy Atkinson is a space journalist and author with a passion for telling the stories of people involved in space exploration and astronomy. She is currently retired from daily writing, but worked at Universe Today for 20 years as a writer and editor. She also contributed articles to The Planetary Society, Ad Astra (National Space Society), New Scientist and many other online outlets.

Her 2019 book, "Eight Years to the Moon: The History of the Apollo Missions,” shares the untold stories of engineers and scientists who worked behind the scenes to make the Apollo program so successful, despite the daunting odds against it. Her first book “Incredible Stories From Space: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Missions Changing Our View of the Cosmos” (2016) tells the stories of 37 scientists and engineers that work on several current NASA robotic missions to explore the solar system and beyond.

Nancy is also a NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador, and through this program, she has the opportunity to share her passion of space and astronomy with children and adults through presentations and programs. Nancy's personal website is nancyatkinson.com