{"id":61626,"date":"2024-07-29T10:32:18","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T10:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/f6b19fb7-fae5-41ef-89e0-16de6a06c180"},"modified":"2024-07-29T11:41:03","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T11:41:03","slug":"aurora-the-science-of-the-northern-lights-and-how-to-see-them","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/rss_feed\/aurora-the-science-of-the-northern-lights-and-how-to-see-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Aurora: the science of the Northern Lights, and how to see them"},"content":{"rendered":"

A guide to the aurora borealis: what it is, what causes its green and pink glow, and the best places in the world to see the Northern Lights. <\/p>

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Published: Monday, 29 July 2024 at 10:32 AM<\/p>

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Back in September 2008, Absolutely Fabulous<\/i> star Joanna Lumley took BBC viewers on a journey to witness the Northern Lights. Lumley had been fascinated by the aurora for decades and longed to see it, finally embarking on her own expedition to the hyperborean extremes of Norway.<\/p>

The documentary, Joanna Lumley in the Land of the Northern Lights<\/i>, delivered on its promise with an emotional climax, complemented by beautiful time-lapse photography that lingered in the minds of many would-be aurora chasers.<\/p>