The sky of a Russian city turns green (photos and video)



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The satellite channel “Mir 24” broadcast images highlighting the phenomenon of the Northern Lights with green light that decorated the sky over the city of Murmansk in northwestern Russia..

The phenomenon of the aurora borealis is a mixture of wonderful colors that form at the north and south poles of the globe, and occurs due to the glow of the upper atmosphere under the influence of sunlight. Tourists from all over the world often flock to witness this unique phenomenon. There are even Northern Lights hunters who are able, with the slightest hint, to guess where the sky will begin to glow green.

Our Northern Lights https://t.co/mrUrHRtwGF pic.twitter.com/x6593j2Gxs

And this year, the Murmansk authorities decided to help lovers of this natural phenomenon and distinguish the sites that would be most appropriate to monitor through information panels, according tomir24.tv“.

According to ancient Norse mythology, “the Northern Lights are a bridge connecting the realms of gods and people, but the Eskimos consider it a harbinger of good weather.”

Residents of the Leningrad and Karelia regions noticed the Northern Lights this week. And also the residents of Petersburg – for these latitudes it is a rather rare phenomenon.

Source: Sputnik



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