Incredible footage captures a dazzling Northern Lights display over Canada
The clip shows the incredible aurora borealis shimmering in the city of Yellowknife
STUNNING footage has emerged of a Northern Lights display above the skies of Canada.
The clip shows the incredible aurora borealis shimmering in Yellowknife, the capital city of Canada’s Northwest Territories.
"It felt like a dragon was coming down to my face."
An aurora borealis occurs when gas particles emitted by the sun during solar storms enter the Earth's atmosphere at the north or south pole.
This produces beautiful coloured light displays as they interact with gases in the atmosphere.
Oxygen appears as green and red light, while nitrogen is blue and purple.
Occasionally, the natural wonder can be seen in the north of the UK - with County Durham and North Yorkshire enjoying a dazzling display in October last year.
But earlier this week, it was revealed sightings of the Northern Lights in the UK could be wiped out within the next few decades due to changes in solar activity.
Dr Mathew Owens, from the University of Reading’s Meteorology department, said: “The magnetic activity of the sun ebbs and flows in predictable cycles, but there is also evidence that it is due to plummet, possibly by the largest amount for 300 years.
“If so, the Northern Lights phenomenon would become a natural show exclusive to the polar regions, due to a lack of solar wind forces that often make it visible at lower latitudes."