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