22nd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
The art of combining colors

In one of the most remote human settlements where life is primitive, the colors are artistically combined in the dark sky and thousands of colors prevail over the blackness of the night and the whiteness of the snow. Red auroras are the result of charged particles interacting with high-altitude oxygen atoms. The oxygen at this altitude emits red or crimson light when excited.

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Date Taken: 03.2024
Date Uploaded: 10.2024
Photo Location: Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia
Copyright: © Saeed Hadipoorsalestani