Green, pink and purple — jaw-dropping Northern Lights photos you won’t believe are real

The Northern Lights, also known as Aurora Borealis, are nature’s one of the most mystical, magical and mesmerising spectacles. The jumping shades of blue, green, pink and purple illuminate the Arctic skies creating a scene from some alien movie. For those who don’t know, these lights are created by charged solar particles colliding with Earth’s atmosphere. It is one of those phenomenons that has left scientists, photographers, and travellers happily shocked for centuries now!

While words fail to truly describe their beauty, here are 7 jaw-dropping pictures of the Northern Lights that will make you want to head north of the world immediately! Check them out below:

When the universe creates a canvas, it will surprise you beyond words creating an unimaginable world altogether! It’s a breathtaking photo that captures both the Northern Lights and the Milky Way in one frame! Wow, simply wow.

Few things stay with you forever! And this is one of those moments when you feel cozier in the Arctic wilderness, lit from inside while the Northern Lights dance overhead. This image captures that exact dream showing the perfect winter setting.

Close your eyes and imagine lying down on a frozen lake in Iceland and above you, there’s a curve of colourful green lights dancing in the sky. This photograph captures the lights reflecting perfectly on the icy surface, creating a surreal mirror effect. It’s the kind of scene you’d think was Photoshopped—until you see it in person.

Witnessing Finnish aurora is an emotion. Lapland, Santa’s home shines with the shades of northern lights and this picture perfectly captures that emotion. It’s almost as if the sky itself is wearing a luminous halo.

It’s hard to imagine anything so purple and beautiful! Norway’s northern skies get painted in the shades of purple and magenta leaving photographers surprised. This picture perfectly captures the deep shades of dancing cosmic lights. Simply otherworldly!

This photograph is a beautiful example of the aurora glowing above Sweden’s ice hotels. It’s an image that combines human creativity with the wild side of nature.

Look at the image and picture yourself standing in the middle of the fjord. The calm waters mirroring the bright auroras is a lifetime spectacle. This is a perfect picture of how Northern Lights can transform landscapes.