Fantastic... Perfect video to make into a screamer...

Can some physics nerd get on here and explain in a comment no less than a page long how these "lights" actually happen?

If they only occur in the polar region its got to have something to do with the magnetic field too, right? I don't know exactly whats going on with these, but they're purty.

Chewie, it does have to do with the magnetosphere. In fact, it's caused by polarized captured from solar wind particles and the stuff that cynn talked about. So you can probably piece it all together, newguy.

am i the only one that noticed that "northern" is spelt wrong?

About the coolest thing I"ve ever seen. Runner up would be this guy in a banana suit who I saw run out of a McDonalds, dance around a pickup truck, get in and drive away. I was also listening to William Shatner sing. But that wasn't as cool as this.

very cool yet for some reason I feel scared... isn't there supposed to be a hole in the ozone layer (Which causes the light) there that if expanded could kill us all?