Week #8 Northern Lights

The Aurora Borealis, or the northern lights, is something I've always wanted to see. They just look so magical and make me realize how infinite the world is. Charged particles entering the atmosphere and interacting with earth and the magnetic field to the point where a stream of color streaks along the sky. Lighting theaters and shows are wonderful in that we as humans can manipulate electricity to project light in a variety of colors and sizes. But Northern Lights are mysterious. They have to do with protons and electrons coming into contact with one another. It requires hitting earth's protective magnetic field. Somehow, an accidental occurrence like this creates a glow of light that looks stunning against the night sky. It reminds me so much of lights on a backdrop. It's interesting how there are so many parallels to lighting. We have the lights on the stage and then we have the lights all around the universe. The deeper we go out of earth, the more unexplainable their origins are.