Local photographer Kris Foot managed to capture the lights from Cottonwood Island Park. He took four vertical photos and stitched them together to create a panoramic image of the entire sky. The Northern Lights also known as the northern lights occur when charged particles (electrons and protons) collide with gases in the Earth’s upper atmosphere, producing tiny flashes that fill the sky with colorful light. As billions of these tiny flashes occur in succession, the lights appear to move or ‘dance’. The northern lights are most often seen between mid-September and mid-March, and usually, you’ll have to travel away from the city to avoid light pollution to get a good view, but every time the lights can be seen dancing right over the city.
