January 25, 2012 | 25 notes

This Week’s Breathtaking Aurora Borealis Recent storms on the surface of the sun, though, have produced levels of solar particles towards the earth not seen for a decade—and dazzling northern lights. Photo by AP Photo/Scanpix Norway, Rune Stoltz Bertinussen Ed note: Click here if you want to skip straight to our gallery of the best photos from the recent northern lights

This Week’s Breathtaking Aurora Borealis

Recent storms on the surface of the sun, though, have produced levels of solar particles towards the earth not seen for a decade—and dazzling northern lights.

Photo by AP Photo/Scanpix Norway, Rune Stoltz Bertinussen

Ed note: Click here if you want to skip straight to our gallery of the best photos from the recent northern lights