The Aurora Borealis

This video explains how particles originating from deep inside the core of the sun creates northern lights, also called aurora borealis, on our planet.
See an extended multimedia version of this video at forskning.no (only in Norwegian):
www.forskning.no/artikler/2011...
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This video is produced by forskning.no in collaboration with the Department of Physics at the University of Oslo.
Production, animation and music: Per Byhring
Script: Arnfinn Christensen
Scientific advisors: Jøran Moen, Hanne Sigrun Byhring and Pål Brekke
Video of the northern lights: arcticlightphoto.no
Video of coronal mass ejection: NASA

[@mayankjoshi7485]

Being a space lover, I can say this video is the best to understand the northern lights, thanks for the video.

[@gnagrone]

Thank you for posting this video!!! I'm 32 years old & I've seen the northern light twice in my life but never understood exactly what it was or how it's occurred. Your video explained so much detail about the (Aurora borealis) awesome Science video.

[@ShardPlayz_]

Aliens on Jupiter: Oh my god! What is happening in that room!? Humans: Aurora Borealis?

[@12388753]

This time of day and year, this part of the world?

[@forskningnovideo]

@atenrok I (Per Byhring) made the music especially for this video, so it doesn't have a name other than Music For Aurora Borealis Movie. I'm glad you liked it though! (assuming you did =)

[@yogindsoni]

here for the same, I guess 9 years is a long time but if you have any idea about the track, please share

[@alkoed]

... FINALLY!!! a video that explains this well. Thank You for uploading.

[@littledreemer]

All I can say is WOW! Your explanation and depiction of what happens in an aurora borealis is easy to understand and yet perfectly explained. I had no idea what was involved until I saw your video. Thank you very much for posting!

[@nebojsatodorovic867]

Nicely explained, graphically presented. Excellent video.

[@querete9]

Very, very good explained... I think I can use this for my project... Thanks to everyone who was involved making this video :)

[@benmeredith91]

Great explanation in a simple short video. Well done!

[@OculusQuestFun]

I took an Astronomy class in High School (2001) and my class would have really loved to have seen this. Highly impressive, I'd say.

[@Susan.Burns63]

This was brilliant and the closest I'll ever get to seeing the northern light's, Cheers for this 👍🇦🇺

[@JustCauseVids]

Hi guys, i'm glad to inform you that your video has made the front page of the website BestOfKZbin, congratulations.

[@SarveshTendulkar]

Best video to understand the Aurora.Great Animation and Awesome Music.

[@almeidasavio2003]

That is a great and fantastic video... Keep it up mate!!!

[@lichtenberg]

Well, Per, I really hope you tell us where we can buy this song, maybe a long version. It's great and I'd love to use it for my own aurora video. Really hope you publish it!

[@DeltaPlusPlus]

This is the best explanation ever I saw.

[@leslieg7771]

This is very fascinating!

[@jcmuhr]

Hi congrats on making best o you tube! truly deserved. Do the storms always hit the planets? they seem so small and it seems that it is a slim chance that they or the earth are struck often. There were Aurora in Mexico and Alabama the other day. Our shield weakening??? Beautiful work thanks

[@pepsisherbert]

It just makes it 10x more beautiful knowing why they occur...wow

[@VasiuMusic]

amazing video!

[@sastido]

brilliant video!

[@timharmoni1846]

Brilliant and awe-inspiring. Tq.

[@Itsbesho]

thank you that was wonderful

[@forskningnovideo]

@dasymbiont Everything in the film has been animated with Apple Motion 4.

[@24fastman]

Wow great song need to do a full version or if ya did LOVE it just can't find it on here...

[@alfoboy1998]

its a great song its a tune I'm looking for to make a song for and I'm wondering if i could use it

[@PN-zl2sh]

this is perfect video ! i like it soo much

[@ojchimp]

Very cool, very interesting, human curiousity has no limits

[@Sh8kez]

Very informative animation. The Universe is amazing!

[@johndudley2060]

Understanding them does not make them any less beautiful.

[@bgeradz]

Excellent track, Per!!!!!!! Any chance to have it's 'clean' version apart from the video??????? And btw, do you have any other tracks? :) Thanks again, loved it.

[@yogindsoni]

here for the same, I guess 9 years is a long time but if you have any idea about the trace, please share

[@ivanvperez]

I have a question, in the animation. There is a "front" and a "back" side of the magnetic field. The front faces the sun and it loses protection, and the back side one gains barriers. I'm guessing the magnetic field also rotates? So the back side will later face the sun?

[@coltoncorriveau624]

Are there not strong enough magnetic forces coming from Mercury or Venus to also cause the same effect on those planets? If so, how do the solar waves not get deflected or derailed on their path? Also how frequently does this occur?

[@abhimanyuraina6819]

Amazing

[@cosmaya]

beautiful!!!!!

[@riyaagrawalagrawal8908]

ok

[@Warsie]

@TheModernExplorer Yes there are plans for ion engines and whatnot

[@susannasenseful1045]

Nice. But missing a lot of info here! Like the difference between flares, filaments & coronal holes. All can cause a solar storm. Also like Bt, non eruptive flares etc.

[@hamursh]

Gary Chalmers: At least this is the closets thing to Aurora Borealis compared to that one time we had "steamed hams"... Principal Skinner: What did I say?

[@rslollipop]

Great video! The information is amazing! I got an A+ on my science project! :D thanks so much

[@DancingCandy80]

That was ridiculously helpful! Test today and I'm studying thank you!

[@UpadhyayRishabh_]

How did the test go?

[@SlimPhish]

thats one good reason to live in finland :D

[@madmonkey914]

Wicked video. Awesome science.

[@kennethfredericks1820]

where can i get this music im planning on using it for an animation that an aurora will show

[@metalmatou]

@forskningno I really liked it too! I would really like to have it on mp3 since it's not on the album he made...

[@TanaponThaweechuen]

what is the name of that song by per byhring. Thanks

[@protonr]

Viajei a Noruega somente com esse propósito e não existem palavras que descreva o que é ver aquilo acontecendo no céu.

[@goopsly4041]

i need some clarification. at 3:15, you said the gas streams down on the daylight side of the pole. what gas is it. Is it the plasma that has pushed the magnetic fields away from the sun and traveled with it? thank you :D

[@firebender111]

Thumbs up for beautiful science.

[@xboricuajennyx]

Great video.

[@riyaagrawalagrawal8908]

Very good comments

[@youssefbenchekroun9663]

So cooool

[@saidgrc]

This planet is the shit, we got invisible shields and stuff, I thank agent K for deploying the Arc Net successfully.

[@glynisgoh4766]

I love the Aurora!!!

[@dimitheodoro]

Is the communication in Arctic circle affected by the strongest Sun's magnetic wind there???I mean that the plasma travelling from sun is the most concetrated there...

[@havefun1161]

I really want that song!

[@atenrok]

what is the track name and who is performer?

[@lbu5543]

So the aurora is made of plasma right,m

[@arztodaycc]

I am using this in my project, too! But I need permission from one of the producers to see if I can use this in my presentation :/

[@jw2327]

anyone know?:... 1. When does a solar storm stop. What stops it? 2. If it doesn't ever stop, do we get hit by storms from other suns? 3. What will happen when a storm hits the magnetic field 'end-on'? - (north-pole south-pole orientation).

[@matthewlo55]

It comes from Skinner's kitchen.

[@ritabarcar]

total agreement. =)

[@t_vallentinova]

My dream is to see it!

[@julio19941]

Y zaz aparece un comentario en espanol saludos a los hispanos del mundo entero desde missouri usa ;) nice video showing the aurora i love it

[@riyaagrawalagrawal8908]

good

[@hauge92]

@SlimPhish or Norway

[@chloevarallo4825]

Who is eddie?

[@RicardoYamaguchi]

Must see the northern lights before I die. =/

[@ruhaniulzaidy7565]

wow

[@michaelmwangi2477]

"when the solar storm reaches the eath,something strange happens" God's protection!

[@DAVMCPRJT]

The boat is my location where I was missing

[@kennysantos6523]

daorinha

[@SlimPhish]

@hauge92 Yep that is a good country too :)

[@kormaroll999]

what if our shield breaks then?

[@DCDeAKz]

the world is awesome

[@user-zx8jb1yb8r]

этот фильм демонстрируется в музеях Тромсё

[@fexiesolera]

God really protects the earth in such a amazingly artistic ways..

[@michaelmusic5809]

***** Bored is and excuse for lack of interest....you still haven't answered one of my questions.,,which leads me to believe you know nothing of what you speak of....answer my ALL questions with logic and common sense since you want to tell me what to do.

[@michaelmusic5809]

***** Here's some more questions... Why should i not trust within God that brings good morals and kindheartness to humanity? Why should i not believe in a Greater Being that teaches his people to love another and teach them to be wise and understanding? Should i believe in hate since u pushing my belief away from goodness? If you don't believe in God, then why have i seen a demand in my house before? If there's evil then there is good. Why do people prayers get answered? I'm not the only one in the world that has seen good spirits and real evil. It's not a fairytale. You probably haven't seen it anything super natural or choose to ignore the good Christianity do, that's why you don't believe. Open your eyes. its not about cults and ideology, its about the truth.

[@michaelmusic5809]

***** Furthermore all the common rules such as don't do adultery, steal, murder, lie and etc that we obey, derived from hammurabi's code and the ten commandments Moses had which came from God. So tell me, what do you believe, cause I'm pretty sure you, your family and friends obey most of those laws

[@alexiaaguilar91]

***** as I was reading through the comments, ii noticed you commented on every single comment that made a reference to God, now ii noticed you commented disrespectfully to each individual. Why do you feel the urge to stomp on somebodys belief? I am not a believer of the church myself, but it just seems rude to reply to somebodys comment the way you did. As if everybody should just stop believing in the church because we no longer do. You gotta realice not every person thinks the same way, and if the God subject pisses you off so much, you have some issues you need to work on dear.

[@riyaagrawalagrawal8908]

We can learn something about the auroras in the sky how they are caused in the sky

[@riyaagrawalagrawal8908]

Nice comments

[@tourettesdetectives]

Mountain Dew is the best soda ever made....

[@kennethfredericks1820]

with ur permission of course

[@Shaunapeedy]

Astronomy and science though.

[@assblowingnews]

i wanna see this place before i die inshalla

[@tjones131]

Wait, the Earth is round?

[@Benzinilinguine]

Pause at 3:22...hmmmmm......

[@buttfacehehe]

Thumbs up if you're baked.

[@Susan.Burns63]

How do you know 😂🇦🇺

[@taker876]

Someone took his listening exam in this subject :pPp

[@FieryRedDonkeyOfHell]

So yeah, this confirms it: physics = black magic

[@riyaagrawalagrawal8908]

Nice comment

[@AwkwardTallGirl80]

fucking beautiful

[@14jrlion]

I love planet earth, I never want to go to mars!

[@Aliakoonce85]

thats fucking awsome

[@vtms]

Like

[@kannanwenting956]

Can we human touch it??

[@timmysgames3296]

sadly... not yet.

[@iTheNem3sis]

God's creation amazes me WOW

[@tourettesdetectives]

GAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWD.

[@Footprints1111]

111 comments 🚀🦋🌈✨😇

[@BTLLGR]

i thought its beacuse the temp is cold, but God is still great

[@riyaagrawalagrawal8908]

Nice comments about God

[@wazzab]

God is the greatest