Over the weekend, the lucky few spotted and captured a rare spectacle of the northern lights over Lithuania.
The sky starts to glow in different colours when charged particles emitted from the Sun – the solar wind – collide with oxygen and nitrogen atoms in the Earth’s atmosphere.
Although the northern lights, also known as auroras, are usually seen in northern Europe, scientists say that this year, between January and October, solar activity is expected to reach an 11-year peak, so the optical phenomenon will be more common in Lithuania.
Northern lights over Kelmė District | Čepulis Junior
Northern lights over Darbėnai | A. Juškienė
Northern lights over Kazlų Rūda | V. Mykolaitis
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