Rare Blue Auroras over Canada

May 11, 2019: Northern Lights are usually green, sometimes red. Those are the colors we see when oxygen is hit by electrons raining down from space during a geomagnetic storm. On Friday night, however, Harlan Thomas of Calgary, Alberta, witnessed a different color: deep-blue. “To see these incredible blue pillars was out of this world,” … Continue reading Rare Blue Auroras over Canada