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Quite possibly the most beautiful footage of Aurora Borealis you’ve ever seen

By Cyriaque Lamar Published November 25, 2010, 1:00 pm ET

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Here’s something to put you in wintry spirits. Photographer Tor Even Mathisen has captured this gorgeous time-lapse footage of Aurora Borealis over Tromsø, Norway. The music by Per Wollen and Silje Beate Nilssen makes this video all the more glacial.

[Tor Even Mathisen via NASA]

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