# 039 Northern lights over Mývatn (Iceland) Photo by Giles Laurent

- By: Giles Laurent
- Date: Taken on 27 March 2022, 00:24:49
- Classification: Photograph
- Credit line: Own work, from gileslaurent.com
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:039_Northern_lights_over_M%C3%BDvatn_(Iceland)_Photo_by_Giles_Laurent.jpg)
- Rights: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/commons/thumb/9/99/039_Northern_lights_over_M%C3%BDvatn_%28Iceland%29_Photo_by_Giles_Laurent.jpg/1920px-039_Northern_lights_over_M%C3%BDvatn_%28Iceland%29_Photo_by_Giles_Laurent.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Northern lights in the night sky over Mývatn (Iceland). Polar aurorae are caused by the collision of charged particles in the solar wind with gases in the upper atmosphere. These collisions generate tiny flashes of light that fill the sky with veils of colour.